SiNi MAXScripts Directory

Set the selected objects' wire colour

By default 3ds Max creates a different wire colour per object, including instances. This tool allows you to set the object wire colour by scene or selection. Set by material, instance or layer. Useful if you use wire colour renders in post-production or viewport scene clarity.



Selection options



Batch MAXScripts



Used to batch process multiple 3ds Max files and folders.

To learn more about writing your own MAXScripts to run headless in BATCH please visit MAXScripting for BATCH

Clean up and fix 3ds Max scene

MAXScript version of the most common Forensic functions. These are the same functions as in theForensic plugin, but Hotkeyable.





Attach ALL selected objects

Attaches all the selected objects into one editable mesh. This is the same function as in the Sculpt plugin, but Hotkeyable.





Attach selected objects by material

Attaches all the selected objects by material into one editable mesh per material. This is the same function as in the Sculpt plugin, but Hotkeyable.



Attach selected objects by layers

Attaches all the selected objects in each layer into one editable mesh per layer. This is the same function as in the Sculpt plugin, but Hotkeyable.



Attach selected objects by groups



Attaches all the selected groups of objects into one editable mesh.





Groups of objects into 1 mesh



Copy from one scene to another



This is the MAXScript version of the tool in IgNite (Springboard) It copies the selected object including geometry, modifiers and materials from one scene into another, without needing to open the IgNite plugin.



Paste from one scene to another



This is the MAXScript version of the tool in IgNite (Springboard) It pastes the selected object including geometry, modifiers and materials from one scene into another, without needing to open the IgNite plugin.



Unique Objects

Make instanced objects unique.





For reference check out IgNite - Training videos

Instance Objects

Turns unique objects from your selection, into instanced ones.





For reference check out IgNite - Training videos

Straighten Objects

Straighten selected objects (Z Axis rotation).





For reference check out IgNite - Training videos

Random Z-Axis Rotation

Give selected objects a random rotation on the Z-axis. For reference check out Jumble - Training videos

Random Scale

Give selected objects a bit of random scale.



For reference check out Jumble - Training videos

StackUp Objects

Builds random stacks of objects following a selected spline path.

For more information please refer to MAXScript - StackUp Instructions

Random Colour Variation

Creates random material colour variation on selected objects. This is a simplified version of the colour variation rollout in all of our object plugins. For reference please see Scatter (UI)

Save and load camera properties

Create your own camera presets and saves them for reuse. To change a scene camera to a present, navigate to the preset folder and select a present. This will update the current camera with the present settings.

screenshot of camera presets



Select the active camera

Selects the active camera and loads the side panel UI, independent of which viewport is active.

Switch Camera - Forward



Cycles through every camera in the scene in forwards order.

Switch camera - Reverse

Cycles through every camera in the scene in reverse order.

Unlock all cameras

Unlocks all the scene cameras.

Lock all cameras

Locks all the scene cameras.

Delete overlapping splines

This is the MAXScript version of the tool in Scribe (UI). Select the splines and the tool scans and removes overlapping splines. For more information please read the docs in the Scribe plugin pages.





Flatten selected splines



This is the MAXScript version of the tool in Scribe (UI). Select the splines and the tool flattens them. For more information please read the docs in the Scribe plugin pages.