max5 first impressions...

[psychoace]

its great although it seems that i am having a little problem with radiosity i can't get it to work but i will just keep working on it. Also i noticed there is a file in the stdplugins folder called gmax.dlx what is it there for? is it so you can export or import the files or something? Also what is erco's luminaries? i don't see it mentioned anywhere in the install or the help files. I see the pic's on there site that talk about it but is it a extra plugins? If so then that is false advertisement cause they never say anything about it being a payed addon and also that it dosn't come with 3d max.

[gundog]

you can grab ies files for photometric lights.

http://www.erco.com/

http://www.maxshade.com/luminaire.html

A Photometric-based light with support for importing .IES files provided by lamp manufacturers.

[psychoace]

thanks a lot for the help can't wait to test this out.

[Bobo]

Originally posted by psychoace
...Also i noticed there is a file in the stdplugins folder called gmax.dlx what is it there for? is it so you can export or import the files or something?


.DLX files are MAXScript Extension plug-ins.
gmax.dlx implements a couple of features that were first
added to gMax 1.0 and have been incorporated in max 5 now.

These include:

The SubRollout UI elements and related methods:
AddSubRollout
RemoveSubRollout

The MemStream Interfaces for fast file parsing:
memStreamMgr Interface
memStream Interface

External File Utility/MAX Utility Methods:
getFileSize
getMAXWindowSize()

String Parser Methods:
isSpace
trimLeft
trimRight
readToken
peekToken
skipSpace

Custom User Interface Structure New Methods:
cui.RegisterDialogBar
cui.UnRegisterDialogBar
cui.DockDialogBar
cui.FloatDialogBar
cui.getDockState
cui.setAppTitle

All of these are documented at the respecive locations of the MAXScript 5 Online Help.
In the MAXScript help shipping with gMax 1.x, they are listed in a separate chapter.

Hope this helps.

[Xilica]

The New Upgrade looks sweet to meh. :thumbsup:

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