Integrating AnimPlayer with 3ds Max is unfortunately not as easy as with Maya. However AnimPlayer provides seamless integration in 3ds Max with a macro script which has been tested with 3d Studio Max Version 7.
Installation of support files
If 3D Studio Max integration was enabled during AnimPlayer setup you can skip this section.
The 3ds Max macro script and the depended icon files have always been copied in a sub folder named 3dsmax which can be found in the installation directory of AnimPlayer, i.e.
"C:\Program Files\AnimPlayer\3dsmax"
To install seamless integration you need to copy the content of that folder into the root of your 3ds Max installation directory.
"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds max"
Please use Windows Explorer or your favorite file management tool for this task.
If you are not really sure how to do this, please reinstall AnimPlayer and make sure that 3D Studio Max integration is enabled (see picture above).
Additional steps inside 3ds Max
After installation a 3ds max macro script named "AnimPlayer.ms" has been installed into the "script/startup" folder of 3ds max. This script is executed each time when 3ds max starts.
Now, all you need to do is to customize your 3ds max user interface to access the script commands. In the main menu of 3ds max select "Customize / Customize User Interface".
- Make sure you have selected the "Toolbars" tab.
- Select Group: "Main UI"
- Select Category: "AnimPlayer "
In the "Action" list 3 AnimPlayer commands appear.
- AnimPlayer: Simply starts AnimPlayer.
- AnimPlayer Preview: Starts AnimPlayer and loads the last 3ds max preview.
This action assumes your last preview is an AVI file (previews\_scene.avi). - AnimPlayer Rendering: Starts AnimPlayer and loads the last 3ds max rendering.
This action gets its settings from the Render Scene Dialog.
Drag + drop these commands to existing toolbars of your current 3ds max user interface. You can also create a new toolbar by pressing the "New" button and then drag + drop the three actions to the new toolbar.
Please refer the 3ds Max help for detailed instructions on how to customize the user interface of 3ds Max. Feel free to improve the provided macro script if required. But please send back your changes, so every AnimPlayer user can share your updates.
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