Added
new topic documenting the
properties, methods, events and usage of the TabStrip
ActiveX Controls
used
to create tabs for switching UI
pages.The following changes have been made to the MAXScript Online Reference in updates after the official release of 3ds Max 7:
Added
new topic documenting the
properties, methods, events and usage of the TabStrip
ActiveX Controls
used
to create tabs for switching UI
pages.
Added
new topic (shared with the SDK
documentation) describing the general differences between
plug-in development using
MAXScript and the SDK.
Added
missing documentation for the
filterAnim
event
handler in the Scripted TrackViewUtility
Plug-ins topic. The feature has
been available since 3ds
Max 5.
The new
3ds
Max 7
method getCurrentException()
was
documented but not included in
the MAXScript Language
Improvements in 3ds Max 7
topic
or the Index keywords list. Now it
is.
Fixed
the
documentation of setFilter()
and clearFilter()
methods in
the Interface:
trackviews topic.
setFilter()
was
missing the TrackviewName parameter,
clearFilters() is now pointing at the
list of possible flag names.
Fixed
the
documentation of the units structure in the 3ds Max System
Globals -
U topic. The
location of the System Units Setup controls changed a couple of
versions ago; the
possible values
list of
units.CustomUnits
was
missing.
Fixed
the
documentation of the meshop.defaultMapFaces
method in Meshop General Mapping
Methods. The previous definition
listed a 3rd
argument,
<Integer count>, but
the method requires only 2 arguments.
Updated
the
documentation of Interface:
ParamCollectorOps and added some
examples.
Fixed
the
description of the
getVertSelection()
method in
the Mesh Vertex
Methods topic. Previously, the
documentation claimed that when no modifier is specified, the
selection is taken from the base object. In fact, the selection
is taken from top of the stack.
Completely
rewrote
the
documentation of Interface:
renderpresets, which contained
incorrect information. Added more examples and notes.
Commented
the
interface methods of RayMeshGridIntersect :
ReferenceTarget.
Added
a note
to the Editable_Mesh :
GeometryClass and TriMesh : Value topic regarding a
known bug and temporary workaround for creating a
mesh with a tverts
array
of mapping coordinates.
Added
a note
to the Script
Controllers topic regarding
trying to assign
a
script string as construction parameter.
Added
a new
paragraph to the How To Make It
Faster? topic regarding
the execution speed
of matchPattern()
vs. findString().Also added a
note
to the String Values
topic.
Fixed
the
description and added
an
example to the loadLayer()
method in the
Interface:
BitmapLayerManager topic.
Added
missing sysInfo.DesktopSize,
sysInfo.DesktopBPP
and sysInfo.getMAXPriority()
to
the System
Information topic. These global
variables and function were previously documented under
Max
System Globals
- S
only.
Fixed
the
description of some ActiveX helper functions like
hitTest(),
getCursorPos() and mapPoint()
which
were previously documented as expecting/returning values in
Twips while in
reality they work in
Pixels.
Fixed
a small
typo
in EditablePoly
Interface
GetNumFaces()
function.
Fixed
the
documentation of collapseStack()
in
both Editable_Mesh :
GeometryClass and TriMesh : Value and Node Common
Properties, Operators, and Methods. The previous description
was written for 3ds
Max 2
when
the result of the collapsed stack was typically an Editable Mesh.
The result could be actually Editable Patch, Editable Poly,
Editable Spline etc. and is based on the class evaluated on top of
the stack. The example code in the Editable_Mesh
topic also needed a fix - it listed NormalModifier()
as a
possible modifier to turn an object to Editable_Mesh, but
since 3ds
Max 5
it
would collapse to Editable_Poly instead of Editable_Mesh if the
result on top of the stack were of class
PolyMeshObject.
Added a
note that the viewport drawing
methods gw.hTriStrip
and gw.wTriStrip are currently
broken.
Removed
the obsolete note about edited normals not
being supported by the renderer from the Edit_Normals :
Modifier topic.
Changed
the
Dark Blue headers background color to Dark Teal. The default
Windows color of search highlights was almost invisible in header
areas.
Fixed
black
on Dark
Blue divider
text in some
topics.
Fixed
spacing in Index keywords
of newly added Interfaces, for example "Interface
ParamCollectorOps" should be "Interface
ParamCollectorOps".
Added
inverse Index keywords to
dozens of recently added Interfaces. For example, in addition to
"Interface ParamCollectorOps", you can now alternatively use the
keyword "ParamCollectorOps Interface" to find the same
topic.
Continued
the
ongoing reformatting and color coding of the complete Reference by
placing some properties of Interfaces and ActiveX controls
on a blue
background as was already done for
methods and event handlers.
See also
What was New in MAXScript in 3ds Max 7