FrameIt

Thanks to Pior "pior" Oberson for the original concept Hendrik-Jan "renderhjs" Schoenmaker for suggestions and ideas

IC.FrameIt helps the viewport navigation taking care of viewport orientation and zoom factor according to geometry in the scene. Its adaptive behaviour allows to get the better framing for each condition.

• No objects selected, mouse over nothing
  Frames all geometry objects in the scene
• No objects selected, mouse over an object
  Frames the full object under the mouse aligning view to surface hit normal
• 1+ objects selected, mouse over nothing
  Frames the full object(s) under the mouse
• 1+ objects selected, mouse over a non selected object
  Frames the full object under the mouse aligning view to surface hit normal
• 1+ objects selected, mouse over a selected object.
  Frames and zooms in the object under the mouse aligning view to surface hit normal. Zoom factor is determined by fObjectSelectionFrameSize.
• 1 Editable Poly or Edit Poly Modifier selected, with active sub selection
  Frames and zooms in the sub selection aligning view to average selection normal. Maximum Zoom in factor is determined by fSubSelectionFrameSize.

Note: See SETTINGS section at the beginning of the script to adjust framing behaviour. Autodesk 3ds Max 2008+

Download — version 0.7b — 2009.11.20 — 6.59 KBytes

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Installation

• Download the script and unpack it.
• Go to the menu: MAXScript > Run Script... and choose the file <scriptname>.ms, or drag and drop the file on 3ds Max viewports.
• The new script will be available from the menu: Customize > Customize User Interface..., under Category: IllusionCatalyst Tools.