Model Prep — a script for 3ds Max that prepares the model for upload with one click.
Select the model, mark the necessary options, and click SAVE. The script will save the model to a clean scene, gather textures, perform export, and create an archive. The original file remains unchanged.
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Installation: drag the Model Prep.ms file into the 3ds Max window or run it via Scripting > Run Script.
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Compatibility: 3ds Max, Corona, V-Ray.
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Features:
File
• Selecting project folder and file name (Latin characters only, spaces are automatically replaced with _)
• Adding render to the name: _CoronaLegacy, _CoronaPhysical, _Vray
• Saving to one of the older versions of 3ds Max with version added to the name
Geometry
• Align Pivot: Min / Max / Center / Origin along axes X, Y, Z, for each object separately
• Reset XForm, Box Trick, Convert to Poly, Move to Origin
• Make Group — grouping with your name
• Unlink Selection — unlink selected objects from parents (groups are preserved)
• Remove Layers — all objects in layer 0
• Rename Objects — object names according to the file name
Textures and materials
• Collect copies of model textures into the maps folder
• Cyrillic in texture names is transliterated into Latin
• Renaming textures and materials according to the file name
• Resetting texture paths: only file names remain in the scene (texture.jpg)
• Window with a list of missing textures before saving
Export and archive
• Export OBJ (with .mtl) and FBX 2009
• Archive .zip, .rar (WinRAR) or .7z (7-Zip) with size check
• Checking file names, objects, and materials for Cyrillic and invalid characters
Saving
• The model is inserted into an empty scene with the same units and views as in the original scene
• Corona and V-Ray settings are reset to default, no environment maps or HDRI in the scene
• Statistics for model description: polygons, dimensions, render, version, XForm, formats. Displayed in the final window and copied to the clipboard
• Settings are remembered between launches
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For questions and issues, please send a private message.
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3DDD is not responsible for this extension. All risks associated with the use of this extension are borne by the users.