Pixologic acquires Sculptris

Pixologic announced on their ZBrush Central forum that they have acquired Sculptris (the free sculpting application) and hired its programmer Tomas Pettersson. The previous version of Sculptris is still available for free on the Pettersson's web site. The current Sculptris version (known as Sculptris 1.02), renamed to Sculptris Alpha 5, can be downloaded from ZBrush Central forum. Is this the last free version of Sculptris?

Making of "Layers Cleaner"

MAXScript tutorial on how to write a script that clean up all empty layers in the Layer Manager, and how to simplify the code as well.

Making of "Quick Mask"

MAXScript tutorial on how to write a script that render quickly black and white mask from selected objects, while keeping the scene materials and settings intact, also keeping the code as simple as possible, including supplement features like set a bitmap copy to the Windows clipboard and adding support for XRef Scenes.

Quick Mask v.1.2

An update of my Quick Mask script. Now support XRef Scenes.

20th Anniversary of 3ds Max

Autodesk 3ds Max celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year.

ATiles

ATiles is scripted 3ds Max plug-in (for 3ds Max 7+) by AvizStudio for quick creation of paving surfaces,brick walls, roof tiles, fences and other repeatable objects for architectural visualizations.

Scanimations

Something for fun :)

Knob plugin

A simple geometry plugin I wrote is out (more details here). Enjoy.

Assembly/Disassembly with Particle Flow

A tutorial by Sachin Joshi on assembling and disassembling non-fragmented objects with Particle Flow. Actually, the turotial is based on 2 scripts:

• Scripted Birth Event by Borislav 'Bobo' Petrov


• PFlow Baker by Ofer Zelichover

Making Mug

A tutorial by Didik Wijaya for the beginners that shown Lathe modifier and couple of Editable Poly features (like Connect, Hinge From Edge, Inset). PDF tutorial at Tutorius.net.

Making Tyre

Modeling tyre using quad patch (PDF tutorial at Tutorius.net).

Cache objects transform

Just a little help from me (at SriptSpot forum) on MaxScript that gather and cache objects transform.

Creating an Aged Chrome Material

A video tutorial by A. Cangelosi.

Triangle plug-in

It's a simple geometry plugin (3ds Max 4+) that create equilateral triangle with controllable side, radius and tessellation, that I wrote for my own purposes, so am not sure if it will benefit everyone, but at least I hope it's a helpful scripting reference. I upload it on my web site.

Creating Panel Cloth

A tutorial by Adnan Hussain on creating a garment using flat panels.

Delayed animation effect rig

A tutorial by Joe Gunn on creating a delay rig with a controllable offset.

Creating a Looping Particle with Particle Flow

Particle Flow tutorial by Pfrancotx.

Deform Objects Using Particles

Particle Flow tutorial by GogoMax.

Modelling and Lighting a Disco Mirrorball

Modelling tutorial by Michael Grote. Check and other tutorials on his web site.