My first maxscript - PrepareToPeel
Whenever Unwrap UVW modifier is added on a mesh it defaults to display Thick seams and also to displaying the green Map Seams. I never want those on, so I wrote a little script to add to my quad menu called PrepareToPeel which adds the UnwrapUVW modifier with those settings the other way: Thin seams, and No Map seams.
Note : It isn't intended to work on multiple object selections, just on one editable poly.
Here is the script (bearing in mind there may be a more efficient way to write this):
macroScript PrepareToPeel category: "tomofnz"
(
on isEnabled return
(
selection.count == 1 and classOf selection[1].baseobject == Editable_Poly
)
on execute do
(
(
-- Add an Unwrap UVW modifier, in Poly mode
modPanel.addModToSelection (Unwrap_UVW ()) ui:on
subobjectLevel = 3
-- Configure the display settings ... but notice they don't update correctly
$.modifiers[#unwrap_uvw].unwrap4.setThickOpenEdges off
$.modifiers[#unwrap_uvw].unwrap5.setShowMapSeams off
subobjectLevel = 0
-- To bypass the update not being quite right, add a second Unwrap which will immediately get discarded to refresh the first one properly
modPanel.addModToSelection (Unwrap_UVW ()) ui:on
subobjectLevel = 0
)
(
-- discard the second Unwrap ... And now we have Thin Seams and No Map Seams showing correctly in the first case
deleteModifier $ 1
)
subobjectLevel = 3
)
)
