Download - RappaTools v1.92

RappaTools it's a wanna be free polyboost script, compatible with 3ds max 9, 3ds max 2008, 3ds max 2009 and 3ds max 2010. (x86 and x64)

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rappatools v1.92

RappaTools Features

- Multiple Color List.
- Random Wire to selected obj.
- Random Wire to all obj in the scene.
- Random Wire to selected obj different color.
- Render at 1/3 of the current size.
- Render at half of the current size.
- Render selected object only.
- View File and View Clipboard Image.
- MapView.
- Quick Select Scene Lights.
- Quick Select Scene Cams.
- Reset view and Hard view reset.
- Save the current viewport poz and load.
- Create blueprint for top, left, front, bottom, right and back viewport.
- Toggle Maps View and Toggle Hardware Maps.
- Quick change Viewport Layout.
- Reload All Bitmaps.
- Convert selection to Editable Poly.
- Convert selection to Poly then move to the center of the scene.
- Convert selection to Mesh.
- Move the selected obj in the center of the scene (position 0 0 0).
- Z pozion = 0 (on ground).
- Distance tool.
- Move group selection to [0.0.0].
- CenterPivot.
- Put the pivot at the center bottom of the object.
- Place Pivot.
- Align Pivot to selected vert.
- Makes the selected obj one.
- Explode, detach sub objects (for poly,mesh,spline).
- Detach selected polygons.
- Detach to element.
- Union selected objects (Pro Boolean).
- Subtract the first selected object (Pro Boolean).
- CopyReplace (replace selected obj with a copy of the first object).
- InstanceReplace.
- Reference Replace.
- Shuffle (randomly swaps objects between them).
- Mirror objects on x axis.
- Reset XForm then convert to EditablePoly.
- Add XForm modifier.
- Add UVW XForm Modifier.
- Add UVW XForm then convert to EditablePoly.
- Ring sub selection in EditablePoly objects (verts, edges, polys).
- Loop sub selection in EditablePoly objects (verts, edges, polys).
- Shrinks the current SO selection.
- No SO selection for an EditablePoly object.
- Grows the current SO selection.
- Hide selected polys.
- UnHide hided polys.
- Invert hided with unhided polys.
- Devide Edge.
- Ring Connect.
   VertexMode: no vert selected enters cut mode. | two verts selected connects them.
   EdgeMode: no edge selected enters cut mode. | one edge selected it will Ring connect. | more then one will connect them if ctrl pressed will ring then connect.
   BorderMode: will cap.
   PolygonMode: one or more polygons selected will bevel. | no polygon selected will enters cut mode.
   Default: enters cut mode.
- Weld verts, with a specific Threshold. (defined by spinner) or Collapse.
- Clean Verts, with a specific angleThreshhold.
- ScrewEdge.
- Push, let's u push or pull the verts,edges,polygons along their normal.
- Loop then push.
- Ring then push.
- Slide, let's u slide the edge loop.
- Connect Slide.
- Connect Slide Push.
- Don't loop through selection and slide.
- Flow Connect.
- Flow Connect without ring select.
- GeoPoly, create a perfect geometric shape from a polygon.
- Create Poly, from selected verts or edges.
- Bridge.
- Point Center, creates a point helper in the center of the selected polygon.
- Spin Edge.
- Dissolve Poly, removes the edges that are inside the seleted polygons.
- Auto SmoothingGroups.
- Auto SmoothingGroups with threshold:180.
- Clear All SmoothingGroups, removes all the smoothing groups.
- Relax verts, edges, polys, objects.
- Hard Relax.
- Remove Loop (vert, edge).
- Remove Edge Ring.
- Same: Select Polys that are the same.
- Select identical polys.
- Expert Mode.
- Show/Hide Command Panel.
- Tweak Mode.
- UVW Edit Mode.
- Quick add modifiers: "Edit Poly", "FFD Box", "Lathe", "Noise", "Shell", "Symmetry", "TurboSmooth", "MeshSmooth", "Unwrap UVW", "UVW Map", "Greeble".
- Quick create primitives: "Box", "Sphere", "Cylinder", "Tube", "Plane", "BzPlane", "VRPlane", "Line", "Rectan", "Circle", "Arc", "Helix", "Teapot".
- Quick create Lights and cameras: "CamT", "CamF", "BCam", "B2Cam", "VPCam", "LightTS", "LightFS", "LightTD", "LightFD", "LightO", "Skylight", "BLight", "B2Light", "VLight", "VSun".
- Quick select: "tris", "quads", "e-poles", "6-poles", "7 or more-poles", "NonQuad".
- Quick Assign Medit material to selection.
- Extra Stuff: "Copy obj", "Paste obj", "Copy trans", "Paste trans", "Asset Browser", "Max Test", "Time Slider Toggler", "Change Max Priority".
- Quick Box mode on/off for selection.
- Quick assign wirecolor or material.
- Remove Material: from selected obj.
- Removes material to all the obj in the scene.
- Remove ViewPort Background Image.
- Random Material to selection.
- Random Material to all the obj in the scene.
- Random Material to selection different material.
- Quick assign diferent modeling materials.
- Wire material.
- Quick assign Matter Shadow material.
- Make MultiMaterial from selection.
- Make MultiMaterial from images (select folder).
- Makes MultiMat form images and searces sub directories.
- Get mat from obj into the selected material slot.
- Put selected meditmaterial to selection.
- Uv Copy.
- Uv Paste.
- UV Flip H.
- UV Flip V.
- UV Rotate.
- Random Select (Obj, vertex, edges, polygons).
- Delete % of the selected obj.
- Chunks, Slice objects in pieces.
- Grow Structure.
- Set ID to selection.
- Get ID from polgon.
- Random IDs.
- Mirror selected objects.
- Mirror objects relative to the world.
- Rotate Object, Random Rotate.
- Position Copy/Paste.
- Rotation Copy/Paste.
- Scale Copy/Paste.
- Random Fly, random position,scale, rotation.
- Facade.
- Camera Shake.
- Make Snow on Object.

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v1.91 and v1.92 >

         - Time Slider (toggle) to Extra Stuff.
         - AutoStart toggle in the rightclick menu.
         - Uninstall/Remove in the rightclick menu.
         - Fixed AutoHide Command Panel.

v1.9 >

         - Added TMaps (Toggle Maps, ctrl: Toggle Hardware Maps).
         - Added Layout. Quick ViewPort Layout changer.
         - Removed EMaps and DMaps.
         - Replaced InsRep with CoRep (CopyReplace). ctrl:instance and shift:reference.
         - Collapse to WeldV (ctrl).
         - Detach selected polygons to OneObj (ctrl+shift).
         - Detach selected polygons to element to OneObj (shift).
         - Get ID to Set ID (ctrl) poly and mesh.
         - ctrl+box to make swirly box (in the dropdown menu).

v1.8 >

         - UV Copy.
         - UV Paste.
         - UV Flip Horizontally.
         - UV Flip Vertically.
         - UV Rotate Clockwise.
         - When SetID spinner is changed it will assign the value.
         - To Vertex, Edge and Polygon added convert to outer and inner selection.
         - To FlowC. (ctrl: Flow Connect without ring select.)
         - Replaced ctrl+shift: Hide trackbar and timeSlider for ExpertM with UVW Edit Mode.
         - Added SaveScene to the right click menu.
         - Black and White materials changed also added Matte Shadow Material to Wire.
         - Save and load dialog values.
         - Removed/Moved Normal, EGrow, Mesh, CSlide, Create, Ident.
         Moved ResViews to Perspective. ctrl click and ctrl+shift click for hard reset views.
         - Added WeldVerts.
         - Rearanged the interface.
         - You can nou remove the quadmenu if you click again the Quad Menu button (in the right click menu).
         - Moved Chunks to extraRappa.

v1.7 >

Added:
         to World. ctrl+shift: Move group selection to [0.0.0].
         Auto load "default" presset for Color list.
         SetID to extraRappa.
         Mirror to extraRappa and RappaTools.
Changed:
         The interface.
         The structure again...
         The Facade to Union.
         FollowS to Mirror. removed FollowS.
         XForm.
         Removed GrabViewport.
         Removed Reactor stuff.
         Removed Object Vibrator.
         Removed UndoView.
         Moved ResViews to Perspective. ctrl click and ctrl+shift click for hard reset views.
         Many more.

v1.6 >

Fixed:
         RRing. (+speed improvement).
         Slide. (+speed improvement).
         FlowC. (+speed improvement).
         RLoop. (+speed improvement).
         Push. (+speed improvement).
         CSlide. (+speed improvement).
         A-SGs. (+speed improvement).
         CA-SGs. (+speed improvement).
         CA-SGs. (+speed improvement).
         QuadMenu issue.
Changed:
         The structure.
         DevideEdge.

v313.154 beta >

Added:
         To Select NonQuad dropdown... NonQuad.
         Macros for the sub objects levels. (request)
         To 25% - rightclick: Environment Dialog.
         To 50% - rightclick: Material Editor.
Changed:
         Select Lights/Cams now won't auto update, ctrl+click on the first item to enable the auto update, click just to update.
         The "---Medit Mat---" ctrl+click enable/disable auto update material name, click just to update.

v313.153 beta >

Added:
         To render ( R ); rightclick:Render SetUp. ctrl+rightclick:Enviroment Dialog Toggle.
         To "---Medit Mat---" click enable/disable auto update material name.
Fixed:
         3ds max 9 "--Sybtax error: at bad, expected / -- In line: ?"

v313.152 beta >

Added:
         Explode to OneObj...ctrl!
         to Colors... save colors list, load colors list, delete colors list !
         more things to Loop:
             click > Loops.
             ctrl > Loops then shows the Chamfer dialog if when your in edge or vertex mode, if in poly will show the Bevel dialog.
             shift > Loops then enters chamfer mode for edge and vertex and for poly in bevel mode.
             alt > shows the Chamfer dialog for edge and vertex mode and for poly mode shows Bevel dialog.
         to R|Conn when u have 2 or more edges connect it will connect them, if you press ctrl it will loop then ring the connect.
         to A-SGs ctrl:Auto SmoothingGroups threshold:180.
Fixed:
         Expert mode bug.
         Dock mode.
         makeMultiMat, the new material was saved always in the first material inside the editor...now it will be saved in the selected meditmat.
Changed:
         The info text ( like: Please select something ! ) now will show up better.
         XForm.

v313.151 beta >

Added:
         RappaToolsExtra rollout.
         Copy Mat.
             click > the selected material in the material editor.
             ctrl > the selected object material.
         Paste Mat.
             click > paste copied material to selected material slot.
             ctrl > paste copied material to selected obj.
             shift > paste copied material to selected obj and selected slot.
         --Medit Mat-- < click on this and it will update the names of the materials.
             click > assign mat to selected obj.
             ctrl > copy that material.
             shift > paste copied material to that slot.
         For 25% and 50%. ctrl: render another way.
Fixed:
Changed:
         doLast... no more alt pressing.

v313.15 beta >

Added:
         Remove Viewport Background image to Remove (shift to use it).
         VRay Modeling Material to Stuff (shift to use it- request).
         Set Pos... of the RappaTools rollout.
         Hide/Show. Hide of Show RappaTools.
         Macros for buttons
         Copy/Paste Transformations.
         Spinner. Used when in expert mode or when rappatools is hided.
         Quad Menu. Preset for Ctrl+Shift+RightClick quad menu.
         Distance tool.
         More materials. Right click on the color's under Display as Box.. click is wirecolor and rightclick is material.
Fixed:
         Some things now work better, way better then before.
         Bugs !
Changed:
         Now Select Scene Cams or Select Scene Lights will automatically update when u create or delete a ligt or cam.
         Modeling Rollout !
         RanSel. Nothing selected or if the sel obj is not editpoly it will select rand obj.
            if sel is editpoly and you are in sub obj mode like vert or edge or poly is will random sel that.
         CSP (connect-slide-push) to CSlide... connect slide... and ctrl click to do CSP.
         A lot more stable.

v313.14 >

Added:
         ReferenceReplace to InsRep...use ctrl+InsRep to use it...
         Brazil r/s 2 stuff.
         Description for every button that has doLast option.
         Force update, ctrl + check ! to use...
         Random IDs to Random Fly.
         Random faces selection to Random Fly.
         Hide, UnHide, Invert.
         ShowLast, A-SGs (Auto SGs) and Shuffle.
         Grow Structure to Random Fly.
         AutoHide CPanel and AutoHide DCPanel.
            ( Auto hides the Command Panel or if u have Double CommandPanel.
            must be in the right corner of the screen to work properly. )
         View Clipboard Image to View, ctrl + view to use it.
         Follow Surface.
         Two dropdownlists, one for medit materials, and one for extra stuff.
         And some other things.
Fixed:
         the blueprint creator.
         auto scale.
         And many many bugs. e.g. some of the buttons didn't work if u had show end results.
Changed:
         Now you have to hold alt then press then button so the button will be the doLast!
         RandomFly rollout.
         CPoly (Create Poly).
         Modeling rollout.
         ! (Random Wire).
         RanM (Random Material).
         R|Conn (Ring Connect).
         Facade. Now u just have to pick the objects not name them.
         And many other things.

v313.13 >

Added:
         make multimaterial from images.
         click on Select Camera or Select Lights will update the list.
         click on a deleted camera or light in the light/cam lister will update the list.
         full description for some of the buttons, most of them.
         now u can select tris, quads, e-poles, 6-pole, 7 or more pole.
         Align Pivot to selected vert, ctrl+shift CPivot to use it !
Fixed:
         a few design isseus.
         a few things ! like buttons...
Changed:
         changed the viewport grabber...
         GetMat is now GetPut... click it to get mat, ctrl: put material selected in the material editor.