DesignToolBox — version 2.5.0

New features

• New layer tools:
  • Isolate layers: Isolate the layers of the current selected nodes, or pick a node in the viewport.
  • Hide/freeze/Box Mode layer picking a node in the viewport.
  • Added shortcuts to ribbon for some useful layer commands not present in 3ds max UI.

Tools improvements and fixes

• Transform tools: Improved polar and orthogonal tracking.
• refGuides
  • Polar placing: Now, when placing the polar reference plane, you can orient and rotate (yaw-pitch-roll) it.
  • Orthogonal mode: Pressing CRTL will lock z-axis.
  • Removed option to place protractor with guide line.
  • New objects: Now line, protractor and intersection points are configurable custom objects, you can now snap to vertex at a intersection point.
• General performance improvements and fixes.
  • Fixed error that causes the first install dialog to reappear at each launch.
  • Fixed error with random UVW map transformations.
  • Improved Pattern array.
  • Improved distance measure history dialog.
• Fixed problems in demo version.
• UI enhancements
  • Better tooltips, complete description in ribbon tooltips.
  • Some other refinements.
• Net rendering (Backburner): Install the demo version in the render nodes to avoid warnings and potential render job fail.
• Moved refGuides MacroScripts to category refGuides;
• Moved DesignToolbox MacroScripts to category Designtoolbox; Optional features remains on category DSTLBX tools.
• 3ds Max 2019 compatibility. Fixed compatibility whit versions prior to 2017.