Maxscript Basic Course

An initial course to make a quick start in programming in MaxScript for Autodesk 3Ds Max.

What you'll learn

Understanding how scripts are structured, types, launching, saving.

Basic programming principles: variables, loops, arrays, functions.

Writing your own simple scripts. Lots of application and automation examples.

How to understand errors in code, where to look for information.

Writing your first script to randomize the transformation of objects.

Requirements

You must have 3Ds Max 2011 or higher installed.

Description

Hi everyone, I'm MastaMan and we're starting a series of MaxScript tutorials.Most of you work in 3Ds Max doing routine tasks every day. MaxScript will help optimize your workflow or you can learn how to code.Since MaxScript is a very simple programming language, understanding its basics will help you understand how to write code and is a great start in your programming. By understanding the basics, you will be able to further explore other programming languages.In this series of lessons, I will try to explain very simply, in simple words, how to quickly start writing code, and most importantly, we will consider simple examples and quickly achieve results.After all, when we immediately see the result, it raises enthusiasm and there is more desire to dive into MaxScript.We will learn the basic concepts and fundamentals of programming. We will cover such important topics as: variables, loops, arrays, data types, functions and much more.And at the end of this course, we will create our own script to randomize the transformation of objects, using a stack of books as an example.You can also write your own simple scripts to optimize your work in 3Ds Max. This will allow you to be above your competitors and do routine tasks much faster.For example, you can write a script in a couple of lines that will increase all or selected lights by 20% or massively change any other parameter at your discretion.

Overview

Section 1: MaxScript Basic

Lecture 1 Intro

Lecture 2 File Types in MaxScript

Lecture 3 MaxScript Listener

Lecture 4 Creating Objects

Lecture 5 Object Manipulation

Lecture 6 Data Types

Lecture 7 Variables, Random

Lecture 8 Conditions (IF)

Lecture 9 Loops, Arrays (Part 1)

Lecture 10 Loops, Sets (Part 2)

Lecture 11 Functions

Lecture 12 Comments, Catching Errors

Lecture 13 Documentation, ChatGPT, Google

Lecture 14 Randomization Script

Gain basic programming skills for 3Ds Max using the built-in MaxScript language!,You will learn to write simple scripts, as well as understand other people's code.,We'll cover basic programming concepts, from variables to functions.