Shape

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Spline - Editing

Supports quick and diverse editing of splines/shapes.

1. Combine: Click to combine selected splines and make a copy;
2. Break Shap.: Break the shape and separate each segment of the spline;
3. Break ↑: Break the selected splines by endpoints;
4. Connect 2p.: Click to connect 2 selected points;
5. Conn.Near: Automatically identify nearby points to connect
6. Mark End: Mark and display non-closed endpoints;
7. Unify Dir.: Unify the selected spline directions;
8. Unify Dir. ⇆: Reverse the direction of the selected spline;
9. Flat Splines: Click to unify the Z axis of the selected spline;
10. Close Splines: Close non-closed splines
11. Pick Overlap: Pick out overlapping splines;
12. Initialize: Initialize spline parameters;
13. Surface Draw: Click to draw spline on the surface of objects;
14. Surface Draw ↑: Click to draw splines on the horizontal plane of the current perspective;

To further edit the vertex of selected spline, you may switch to edit mode and select the vertex, then:

15. B.Corner: Click to enable Bezier corner;
16. B.Curve: Click to enable Bezier curve;
17. B.Vertex: Click to enable Bezier vertex;
18. Smoth.: Click to enable spline smooth;

Vertex - Optimize Vertex

Support further editing of vertices on the selected spline. The units are based on the units in the current 3ds Max scene file.

1. Ang.: Edit and click to remove all vertex smaller than the set angle;
2. Inter.: Edit and click to change the interval between each vertex;
3. Dist.: Edit and click to remove all vertex within than the set distance;
4. Num.: Edit and click to change the total number of vertex;

Step - Optimize

Supports Unify Steps according to the set parameters.

Double Spline

Support Convert the selected spline in double spline according to the set width (Wid.).

Shape – Precise Closure

Supports trimming, extending and merging operations within one shape.

1. Extend: Select the target vertex and extend to end precisely within the shape;

2. Trim: Select the target vertex and trim to end precisely within the shape;

3. Merge: Select target vertices and click to merge within the shape;

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Spline Intersection

Supports adding markers or generating new vertex/sphere for intersecting splines in a shape.

1. Mark: Select the shape, choose Mark and click Generate to add a mark on the intersection point, only for viewing, no actual function;
2. + Vertex: Select the shape, choose + Vertex and click Generate to add a new vertex on the intersection point;
3. Sphere: Select the shape, choose Sphere and click Generate to add a sphere model on the intersection point;
4. ±: Tolerable offset range;
5. Radius: Radius of the generated sphere;
6. Precise positioning of vertices: Check to apply precise positioning of generated vertices, this may affect the shape;

Shape to Plane

Supports converting a closed outer shape into a plane.

1. Plane: Check and click Convert to convert the shape to a plane;
2. Collapse: Check to and click Convert to combine the stack operations of one or more selected objects into an editable shape, and perform a Boolean operation on them at the same time;

Extract Shape

Supports extracting shape outlines from target objects.

1. Offs.: After setting, the extracted shape will be offset along the surface normal direction of the target object according to the value;
2. Extract: Click to apply extraction operation of the target object as a whole;
3. Extract +: Click to apply extraction operation of the target object separately;

Note:

Please switch to plane selection in edit mode for target object extraction.

Extract Wireframe

Supports extracting wireframe from target objects.

1. Perspective: Check to extract object wireframe from Left view/Front view/Top view;
2. To CAD: Click to extract the target model according to the checked perspective in 2D and display it like CAD does;
3. To CAD +: Click to extract all models according to the checked perspective in 2D and display it like CAD does;

4. Get Wire: Click to extract the wireframe of the specified view of the target model;
5. Get Wire +: Click to extract the wireframe of the specified view of all models in the scene;

6. Projection perspective display: Check and click To CAD/ To CAD + to display the extracted 2D wireframe in the object projection perspective;
7. Save as CAD: Click to export the extracted wireframe as a CAD file;

8. Options: Check to call out the “Export to AutoCAD File” window of 3ds Max when exporting the extracted wireframe as a CAD file;

Extract Sections

Supports extraction of specified shape of cross-sections of target objects based on set parameters.

1. Num.: Select and set to extract the cross-sectional shape by quantity (divided into equal parts according to the size of the object);
2. Dist.: Select and set to extract the cross-sectional shape by distance;
3. Perspective: Check to extract the cross-sectional shape from X axis/Y axis/Z axis;
4. Weld: Set the threshold for welding vertices. When two vertices are within this distance, they are welded for smoothing purposes;