22 | Explode Geometry for 3ds Max
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Description
48 |This plug-in can be used to choose one or more nodes in the scene and create 52 | "exploded" geometry. The exploded geometry is actually 3 or 4 sided faces and 53 | you have the options to add modifiers to enhance the finished geometry to your 54 | needs.
55 |First select the nodes that you want to explode (you have an option to 56 | maintain the original geometry if desired). From the UI element that you 57 | assigned the plug-in action to, select it and a dialog will come up.
58 |Select the options, and then select "Explode Selected Geometry". A progress 59 | bar will be displayed for long actions and you have the option to cancel.
60 |You can choose to create three or four sided objects as a result of the 61 | explode operation. Select the radio button of the desired operation. 62 | Additionally you can toggle whether to try and convert the object’s mesh before 63 | the conversion. By default it will try to convert, and if it cannot it will end. 64 | If it can be converted (or is already of the correct type) then each node will 65 | be exploded into the resulting individual faces.
66 |You can also control several other options.
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- Add Shell Modifier -- will add the modifier to the resulting face object, 69 | and apply the given shell offset. 70 |
- Add Edit Mesh Modifier -- will add the modifier to the stack resulting in 71 | edit mesh operation being immediately available. 72 |
- Collapse Modifier Stack -- will collapse the stack down to become an 73 | editable mesh as the end result. 74 |
- Center Pivot -- will center the pivot on each resulting face. 75 |
- Delete Original -- will remove each original node that was used to create 76 | the new faces. 77 |
General Usage Instructions
86 |Choose the menu option from Exchange Store menu "Explode Selected Geometry"
88 |First select the nodes that you want to explode (you have an option 89 | to maintain the original geometry if desired). From the UI element that 90 | you assigned the plug-in action to, select it and a dialog will come up.
91 |Select the options, and then select "Explode Selected Geometry". You 92 | can choose to create three or four sided objects as a result of the 93 | explode operation.
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111 | Commands
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149 | 150 | Choose the menu option from Exchange Store menu "Explode Selected Geometry" 151 | 152 | |
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166 | 167 | Choose the menu option from Exchange Store menu "Explode Selected Geometry" 168 | 169 | |
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183 | 184 | Choose the menu option from Exchange Store menu "Explode Selected Geometry" 185 | 186 | |
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Installation/Uninstallation
197 |The installer that ran when you 199 | downloaded this plug-in from Autodesk App Store has already installed 200 | the plug-in. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate 201 | the plug-in.
202 |To uninstall this plug-in, click Control Panel > Programs > 203 | Programs and Features (Windows 10/11) and uninstall as you 204 | would any other application from your system.
205 |Additional Information
212 |Contact author if you would like the sample code behind this utility.
214 |Known Issues
224 | 225 |Contact
231 |Author/Company Information
244 |Support Information
250 |Version History
263 || Version Number | 272 |Version Description | 273 |
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276 | 277 | 2.8.0 278 | 279 | |
280 | - Support for 3ds Max 2026 and .NET Core 8. | 281 |
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284 | 285 | 2.7.0 286 | 287 | |
288 | - Update release to support 2025 & change to the new menu system. | 289 |
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292 | 293 | 2.6.0 294 | 295 | |
296 | - Update release to support 2024 | 297 |
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300 | 301 | 2.5.0 302 | 303 | |
304 | - Update release to support 2022. No change in version Number.. | 305 |
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310 | 311 | 2.3.0 312 | 313 | |
314 | - Update release to support 2021. No change in 315 | version Number. | 316 |
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321 | 322 | 2.3.0 323 | 324 | |
325 | - Update release to support 2019 and 2020 | 326 |
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331 | 332 | 2.2 333 | 334 | |
335 | - Update release to support 2018 | 336 |
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341 | 342 | 2.1 343 | 344 | |
345 | - Update release to support 2017, and minor code 346 | changes to support bug fixing in the Autodesk.Max.DLL assembly. | 347 |
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350 | 351 | 2.0 352 | 353 | |
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355 | Update release to include UI color matching and now supports 3ds Max(Design) 2015 356 | and 2016. 357 | |
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361 | 362 | 1.0 363 | 364 | |
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366 | This is the initial release of the plugin. 367 | |
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