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Working with heavy scenes in 3ds Max can slow everything down — viewport lag, high memory usage, and long rendering time...
11/05/2026

Working with heavy scenes in 3ds Max can slow everything down — viewport lag, high memory usage, and long rendering times.
The Scene Optimization Toolkit is designed to fix that.
This bundle combines 3 specialized plugins to optimize your workflow at every level:
• Reduce heavy geometry with Q-Proxies
• Optimize large textures with Proxy Textures
• Automate rendering with Overnight Batch Render
The result: smoother scenes, faster renders, and a more efficient workflow — without sacrificing quality.
The bundle is 30% discount vs individual plugins!

The new 3D Measure Master v1.18 update is here, bringing improved snapping precision and enhanced text control for a smo...
30/03/2026

The new 3D Measure Master v1.18 update is here, bringing improved snapping precision and enhanced text control for a smoother workflow in 3ds Max.

- New snapping options: Pivot and Midpoint
- Independent color control for measurement values and annotations
- New per-measurement text orientation tools (Rotate 90° / Flip Vertically)

The new Pivot snapping is especially useful when working with helpers and dummies, allowing accurate measurements even without geometry.

These improvements are based on user feedback and are designed to give you more control, flexibility, and readability in your measurement workflow.

Hierarchy Guardian - a new professional tool designed to help 3ds Max artists analyze and clean complex scene hierarchie...
11/03/2026

Hierarchy Guardian - a new professional tool designed to help 3ds Max artists analyze and clean complex scene hierarchies with confidence. Large scenes coming from CAD, BIM, Revit or SketchUp often arrive with deeply nested structures, leftover helpers, broken groups, or problematic transforms that can destabilize production workflows.

Hierarchy Guardian approaches cleanup differently. Instead of blindly modifying the scene, it performs a structural analysis first and presents a clear report showing the hierarchy structure, potential risks, and the expected impact of the cleanup. This allows artists to fully understand what will happen before applying any changes.

The tool is designed for production environments where reliability matters. With built-in safety mechanisms, scene backups, and intelligent cleanup rules, Hierarchy Guardian helps maintain stable hierarchies while preserving important elements such as instancing relationships, cameras, lights, and other critical scene components.

If you regularly work with large imported scenes or complex ArchViz projects, this is a great opportunity to add a robust hierarchy cleanup tool to your 3ds Max workflow.

New tool for 3ds Max ArchViz pipelines 👇Hierarchy Guardian analyzes and safely cleans complex scene hierarchies imported...
18/02/2026

New tool for 3ds Max ArchViz pipelines 👇
Hierarchy Guardian analyzes and safely cleans complex scene hierarchies imported from CAD, BIM or SketchUp — without breaking your scene.
Short walkthrough video + Beta Test open.

Proxy Display Manager is a lightweight MaxScript tool designed to help archviz artists efficiently manage the viewport d...
14/01/2026

Proxy Display Manager is a lightweight MaxScript tool designed to help archviz artists efficiently manage the viewport display modes of proxy objects in Autodesk 3ds Max.

When working with heavy scenes containing dozens or hundreds of V-Ray or Corona proxies, manually adjusting proxy display settings can be time-consuming and repetitive. Proxy Display Manager streamlines this process by providing a centralized, easy-to-use interface to control how proxies are displayed in the viewport — saving time and keeping your scene responsive.

Key Features:
- Control viewport display modes for V-Ray Proxy and Corona Proxy
- Apply display settings to selected proxies or all proxies in the scene
- Quickly switch between common display modes
- Improve viewport performance when working with heavy scenes
- Simple, clean UI designed for daily archviz workflows

Why Use Proxy Display Manager?
- Eliminates repetitive manual adjustments in object properties
- Reduces viewport lag by quickly switching proxy display modes
- Helps maintain smooth navigation in large, complex scenes
- Ideal for archviz, interior, exterior, and large-scale visualization projects

Proxy Display Manager is built to be fast, stable, and practical, focusing on real production needs rather than unnecessary complexity.

It is an essential utility for anyone working with proxy-heavy scenes in 3ds Max.

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In architectural design and visualization work, there are many projects where you don’t start from scratch but instead r...
05/12/2025

In architectural design and visualization work, there are many projects where you don’t start from scratch but instead receive files from someone else to continue developing. This is when problems begin to arise—especially if the previous person didn’t manage their files properly, leaving you with a messy scene to clean up.

One of the biggest resource-consuming elements in any 3D scene is the number of polygons in the 3D objects. High-quality models often contain an astonishing amount of geometry, but more is not always better. What really matters is using the minimum number of polygons necessary while still achieving the required visual quality.

PolyCount is a script that scans all geometric objects in your scene and lists their face (polygon) counts from highest to lowest. Just open the script, hit the Refresh button, and it immediately shows you which objects are consuming the most resources, along with the total polygon count of the entire scene.

When you select a name from the list, the script automatically selects the corresponding object in the scene. From there, you can decide how to optimize it—reduce the mesh, convert it to a proxy, or replace it with a lighter asset. The method depends on your own modeling and optimization skills.

The script is simple, but it acts as a useful warning system—giving you quick insight into what’s weighing down your scene and helping you work more efficiently and comfortably.
: Compatible with 3dsMax 2018 and higher
: Version: 1.0
: Free to download and use for any project

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04/12/2025

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01/12/2025

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