3DToAll has announced the release of MaxTabs, a new plugin for 3ds Max that adds a new highly customisable UI element to quickly switch between projects. Features include the ability to show previews of the scene, a Copy/Paste Manager to work between scenes, the ability to Save and Load sessions, and more. The tool is currently available for $19. Find out more on the 3DToAll website.
CGPress is an independent news website built by and for CG artists. With more than 15 years in the business, we are one of the longest-running CG news organizations in the world. Our news reporting has gathered a reputation for credibility, independent coverage and focus on quality journalism. Our feature articles are known for their in-depth analyses and impact on the CG scene. “5 out of 5 artists recommend it.”
this looks awesome, i hate swapping max scenes
Yes it does look useful, unfortunately it’s a plugin, as opposed to a script. Been bitten in the butt too many times with plugins, like developpers vanishing in thin air after a year, leaving their plugin dead after a Max sdk recompile. I remember using a plugin called Texture Layers back in the Digimation days. When that one disapeared, the next Max version would not even let me open a scene with that plugin present. Had to reinstall the old Max version with that plugin, find every object that used it, remove it and resave that scene. The only plugins I own nowadays are Railclone, ForestPro, Floorgenerator and Vray. They all have decent track record of surviving, so I’m not too worried about those.
Not saying that this one could even be done as a script, but I will not be buying it, even as cheap as it is or useful as it looks to be…
Digimation is a sad example , because they got flooded by Hurrikan Katrina 2005 in New Orleans and lost their source code … they had great plugins.
My scenes are to big to go this way …Things like Project Manager from KStudio… is just a better way…but needs some care
“because they got flooded by Hurrikan Katrina 2005 “ – I do not think this is the correct version of the story. Actually it is a fake news. I am personally in contact with CEO and team for a long time. They have simply changed their business model to something more lucrative (look at their homepage, military, 3d trainings and so on).
No one has ever become rich from 3d-plugins dev and publishing, some companies simply move forward and leave unprofitable stuff behind.
It really depends on the plugin. This one looks like it is adding functionality to the interface and not adding custom classes to your .max files, meaning it should work universally with any max asset without worries of getting incompatibilities with 3ds max versions without the plugin.
And one other thing, when Max crashes, I guess every other instances opened will crash also?