IllusionCatalyst is a free instrument set designed to improve artistic expression and increase productivity in Autodesk 3ds Max. It consists of three independent scripts for specific tasks of the production pipeline.
| IC.Shape | Organic and hard surfaces polygonal modeling. Draw and erase mesh edges like on paper, deform and relax the surface like shaping clay by hands. Smart instruments perform complex tasks in a single action. |
| IC.Face | Facial rigging and animation. Bring characters to life letting them express every emotion and mood with a full range of controllers. No more gummy faces allowed. |
| IC.Mime | Keyframing and animation. Take a step and get the other one for free, control the flow of the action and each pose more easily. Forget about motion brakes. |
Standalone development version of instruments included in IllusionCatalyst. A new idea goes through a refinement process by discussing its functionality with community artists, then it is integrated into the relative major script when is reasonably stable, bug free and mature.
| IC.PolySplitRing | Split edge rings with realtime preview. |
| IC.SizeInScreen | Get and set a model screen appearance size in pixels. |
| IC.GeoEdgeLoop | Refit closed edge chains to regular shaped polygons. |
| IC.FrameIt | Help viewport navigation taking care of orientation and zoom factor according to geometry. |
| IC.ExtendSurface | Extend an Editable Poly surface from its border with control of extension amount and slant. |
Articles about MaxScript practical programming and production ready code snippets. MaxScript Hungarian Notation Practical Space Mapping for Interaction
Edit Poly Modifier Undocumented Methods
Geometrical Calculations Functions Library Data Handling Structures Tracker and Painter Structures System Structures Editable Poly data from underlying Mesh Editable Poly Sub Objects Selection and Conversion Get Editable Poly/Mesh Front Faces Events Callback Detection Pivot Tools Customization Macros
Solutions to exercises of C++ Primer Fourth Edition, written by Stanley B. Lippman, Josée Lajoie, Barbara E. Moo, published by Addison-Wesley. Exercises have been compiled and tested in Microsoft Visual Studio. Please report any error or inaccuracy here, thanks.
1. Getting Started 2. Variables and Basic Types 3. Library Types 4. Arrays and Pointers 5. Expressions 6. Statements 7. Functions 8. The IO Library 9. Sequential Containers 10. Associative Containers 11. Generic Algorithms 12. Classes 13. Copy Control 14. Overloaded Operations and Conversions 15. Object-Oriented Programming
Real time shader experiments for 3ds Max
Toon Shader — 0.1