3ds Max plugins — Page 5

Plugins for Autodesk 3ds Max: rendering, particles, fluids and smoke, scattering and parametric modeling. The catalog lists 420 plugins, 18 of them free or with a free version.

Motion GraphicsVFXParticlesSimulationRenderingModelingSculptingAnimationRiggingColor GradingScattering & VegetationUV UnwrappingMaterials & ShadersLightingCameraText & TitlesPresets & TemplatesAssets & LibrariesRetiming & SpeedImport & ExportInterface & UIWorkflow
ECopy

EKDTools

3ds Max main-menu copy and paste tool with 20 slots for moving objects between files and networked computers.

Free3ds Max
Shred

grabjacket

MaxScript utility for 3ds Max that keeps, tags and retrieves code snippets so common routines can be reused.

Free3ds Max
Script Runner

Nevil

Blender add-on that runs several Python scripts from saved paths with a single button, no text editor loading needed.

Free3ds MaxBlender
Bevel Profile

obaida

3ds Max script that makes the Bevel Profile modifier easier to control, with Sweep conversion and profile transforms.

Free3ds Max
Sox Biped Assist

lswsox

3ds Max script for biped animators with hotkey selection, keyframe assist, loop tools, timeline shortcuts and a blocking playback mode.

Free3ds Max
Path Distribute

Martin Breidt

MAXScript utility that spaces selected 3ds Max objects evenly along a curve and keeps them in place when the curve changes.

Free3ds Max
Scatter Tools

rode3d

3ds Max plugin that arranges, randomizes and redistributes objects already in the scene over surfaces, points or splines.

Free3ds Max
MZP Maker

Visuali Studio

Packs 3ds Max scripts into ready-to-install .mzp packages, or just encrypts them, with macros and icons generated automatically.

Free3ds Max
Wirecolor Tools

JokerMartini

3ds Max script for assigning object wire colors by swatch, at random or as gradients for compositing masks.

Free3ds Max
TurboTriSmooth

Marius Silaghi

3ds Max subdivision modifier for triangle meshes that gives smoother surfaces and better topology than TurboSmooth.

Free3ds Max
Monster Matte

LoneRobot

3ds Max utility that turns a rendered background image into a ready-to-assign mental ray matte material.

Free3ds Max
Slice and Dice

JokerMartini

3ds Max tool for slicing multiple objects with lines, freehand shapes, views or world planes, with full restore.

Free3ds Max
Pattern Engine

hesham elshipli

3ds Max scripted tool that generates parametric patterns, tiles, partitions and upholstery that adapt to closed 2D shapes.

Free3ds Max
AutoFloor UVs

Visuali Studio

3ds Max script that maps tiled or parquet surfaces with randomized per-element UVs to hide visible texture repetition.

Free3ds Max
Content Browser

DMZScripts

3ds Max plugin for browsing and importing models, materials, HDRIs and max files from any folder as grouped assets.

Free3ds Max
ShapeShifter

Roger Christensen

Blender add-on for shaping organic meshes in real time, driven by the procedural textures built into it.

Free3ds MaxBlender
AutoEdge Selected

Jon Seagull

3ds Max toolbar script that converts imported AutoCAD .3ds meshes to Editable Mesh and runs Auto Edge in one click.

Free3ds Max
Direct Farsi Type

Nevil

3ds Max script that enables typing Farsi text straight into the viewport.

Free3ds Max
BREAD CRUMBS CLONER

MATSCRPTART

3ds Max script that clones or marks an object at equal offsets along a vector, to help animate walks, runs and eases.

Free3ds Max
Snowflake

mufeng

Blender add-on that grows realistic snowflakes from a physically-based model, with presets, randomizing and growth animation.

Free3ds MaxBlender
Soft Selection to Vertex Colors

Jon Seagull

Turns soft selection falloff into grayscale vertex colors on 3ds Max meshes and polys, with four paint modes.

Free3ds Max
Vertex Tangent

obaida

3ds Max script for editing spline vertex tangents with axis control, local-axis movement and optional undo.

Free3ds Max
Working Pivot Placer

obaida

Quickly positions the 3ds Max Working Pivot using a surface or a few points, with macros to cycle coordinate settings.

Free3ds Max
Bevel Lite

Jon Seagull

Streamlined 3ds Max bevel script with far fewer controls, focused on chamfered extrusions.

Free3ds Max
Copy

coven

Blender plugin that copies and pastes modifiers, materials, transforms and animation across several objects.

Free3ds MaxBlender
Path Deform Pro

Marius Silaghi

3ds Max modifier that bends models along a path without self-intersections, pinching or stretching at curves.

Free3ds Max
Random Extrude

TheMan

3ds Max script that extrudes selected Editable Poly faces by random amounts between a minimum and maximum.

Free3ds Max
Relax Pro

Marius Silaghi

3ds Max smoothing modifier that relaxes meshes while preserving volume by sliding vertices across the surface.

Free3ds Max
Travel Distance

rauquenrol

MaxScript controller that reports how far an object has traveled, usable in wire parameters and expressions.

Free3ds Max
Script Box

DMZScripts

3ds Max plugin that builds a runnable menu from any folder of MaxScripts, sorted into macroScripts, plugins and utilities.

Free3ds Max
RandoMixer

rode3d

3ds Max plugin that generates scene, model or character variants by randomizing, swapping and scattering, stored as states.

Free3ds Max
Bone copy

Chuggnut

3ds Max script that transfers one bone's skin weights to a different bone inside a Skin modifier.

Free3ds Max
All for UE5

Vint26

MaxScript that speeds up the 3ds Max to Unreal Engine 5 pipeline with FBX export, transform, camera, light and color copying.

Free3ds Max
Chainmaker

Chuggnut

3ds Max script that builds a chain along a spline from a single link object, scaling it to fit the path.

Free3ds Max
CoronaColorCorrection-Auto

SimonBourgeois

3ds Max script that adds Corona Color Correct nodes to material slots and can randomize their parameters.

Free3ds Max
Object's Normal Fix

obaida

3ds Max scripts that fix the normal (extrude direction) of shapes through auto, by-face or four-point modes.

Free3ds Max
NAG ALL - Automatic Library Lister

muhammad.nagy.eg

3ds Max tool that automatically organizes downloaded asset libraries into tidy folders with matching preview images.

Free3ds Max
Group to EditablePoly

SimonBourgeois

One-button 3ds Max script that converts selected groups, including nested ones, into editable poly objects.

Free3ds Max
Shell Pro

Marius Silaghi

3ds Max modifier that creates a shell around models without self-intersections and with chamfered or beveled edges.

Free3ds Max
Custom Align

SimonBourgeois

3ds Max script that aligns and spaces objects, randomizes position and scale, and distributes items along a spline.

Free3ds Max
rdg::graphPaper

rdg

Procedural graph paper texture for 3ds Max built from horizontal and vertical gradient ramps, delivered as an .mzp.

Free3ds Max
Unwrap

Chuggnut

3ds Max unwrap script based on the Max 3.0 original, adding preset sizes, extra error checking and multi-object unwrapping.

Free3ds Max
Muscle Setup

Poker

Quick muscle helper for 3ds Max: put a bone, or a cylinder carrying a Flex modifier, across two picked points.

Free3ds Max
EasyVRayCameraAlongPath

colinsenner

Converts a spline you draw into a V-Ray camera flythrough in 3ds Max, with eased start and end keyframes.

Free3ds Max
Quick Boolean

dangtiendung

3ds Max tools that run ProBoolean operations through presets like union, subtract, trim and knife, similar to SketchUp Solid Tools.

Free3ds Max
Group It

SimonBourgeois

3ds Max script that groups selected objects with control over orientation, naming, pivot placement and layer assignment.

Free3ds Max