Added a
description of the
difference between the
hasProperty and isProperty inspector
functions.The following changes have been made to the MAXScript Online Reference for the 3ds Max 8 update:
Added a
description of the
difference between the
hasProperty and isProperty inspector
functions.
Added
the missing documentation of the possible
channelType
values in the
Interface:
ChannelInfo topic.
Added
the
missing
documentation
of the
MAXSuperClass.classes
property in
MAXWrapper Common
Properties, Operators, and Methods.
Added
the
missing
documentation
of the
getInterface
Function.
Added
the
missing
documentation
of the
rolledUp
event
handler in rollouts and utilities in Utility and Rollout
Properties, Methods, and Event Handlers
Added
the missing documentation of the
FBX
Export and Import
dialog access functions
added to but undocumented in 3ds
Max 7: FBX Export Dialog
Access , FBX Import Dialog
Access
Added
an
undocumented .hasAlpha
property of
Bitmap
Value.
Added
an
undocumented transferCAs
keyword argument to
replaceInstances
method.
Added
a
note regarding canceling the Render dialog to the renderSceneDialog
topic.
Added
additional examples of
using callbacks to manage the creation of Persistent Global
Variables
Added
an
example of using the
RayMeshGridIntersect
: ReferenceTarget methods for advanced mesh
intersection.
Updated
the documentation
of Mesh_Select
Modifier.
Updated
the documentation
of Interface:
ParamCollectorOps regarding Link to Object
and Put to Object dialogs.
Updated
the documentation
of MultiMaterial :
Material regarding access to
the .numsubs
property.
Updated
the documentation
of snapMode
regarding access to the
"Standard" snap items which are grouped in 4 different OSnap sets
with indices 2 to 5.
Updated
the documentation
of BinStream for Binary
Reading and Writing and FileStream
Values Added note about case
sensitive strings.
Fixed
the description of
the .SingleSel
property of
TreeView ActiveX
Control
Added
a
new FAQ
entry: How do I keep a
Plane aligned to 3 Point Helpers?
Added
a
new FAQ
entry: How do I filter
a string including empty entries?
Added
a
new FAQ
entry: How do I get the
file name of the current scene?
Added
a
new FAQ
entry How To Make It
Better? taken from a MAXScript
technical presentation at Siggraph 2005.
Added
new
information to the FAQ
entry
How To Make It
Faster? taken from a MAXScript
technical presentation at Siggraph 2005. The new examples have been
marked with an .
Removed incorrect note
from Command
Panels
suspendEditing
and resumeEditing
methods description
claiming that only the Modify panel supports nested suspending and
resuming. This was not correct.
Removed missing
Character
Studio Physique access methods which were
documented in 3ds Max
4 but never actually
included in the shipping build.
Concluded
the
reformatting and color coding of the complete Reference by
placing all object property
definitions on a cyan
background as was already
done for methods,
event
handlers and some interface
properties.
In an
attempt to make the
Reference even easier to read, all source code has been placed
on light
gray background, and the Examples and
Notes bars have been indented to keep the flow of properties and
methods definitions.
Reformatted
the
documentation of all Shapes to reflect the order of User Interface
controls.
Reformatted
the
documentation of all Radiosity Dialog to reflect the order of User
Interface controls.
All new modifiers and
objects have been documented
using the User Interface controls order for easier location
of properties and methods.
See also