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About Max.NET

Max.NET is a .NET CLR wrapper for 3d Studio Max's (3dsmax) software development kit (SDK). It allows developers to write tools for 3dsmax in a managed and reflective environment using any of the common .NET languages such as C#, VB.net, J#, and C++/CLI. Moreover it provides access to all of the classes and their members accessible to normal unmanaged SDK.

This carries a number of benefits over traditional development procedures, which include:

  • The obvious benefits of using a managed language: garbage collection prevents serious memory bugs, ability to use reflection, integration with the rest of the .NET framework, and much better IDE support.
  • Plug-ins compiled are forward and backward compatible: the interface assembly they link to doesn't depend on Max.NET implementation.
  • Plug-ins compiled are x86/x64 platform neutral: compiled IL code is platform neutral by definition.
  • Built-in SDK documentation: All of the 3dsmax interfaces used contain full documentation extracted from 3dsmax docs.
  • Unit testing and remote execution: Included remoting framework, along with .NET's great support for remoting allows all plug-ins and 3dsmax scenes to be unit-tested straight from the IDE, providing a very agile approach to tools development.
  • Dynamic loading/unloading of assemblies inside 3dsmax: I have added this feature to be able to not to restart 3dsmax once changes are done to a plug-in. MaxDotNet simply re-loads the modified assemblies with the current scene so that testing/development can be continued un-interrupted.

Licensing

  • Max.NET is available for non-commercial use under GNU General Public License. Please note that this license carries no warranties about the code or its function.
  • Commercial licenses for Max.Net 1.x, which remove all restrictions, are available for USD$675 per 5 seats of 3d Studio Max. These include 5 hours of support (per license) for any integration or issues that you might come across as well as all the (non-redistributable) source code and debug builds for your convenience.
    Further support and consulting will be provided on demand.
  • Development licenses are also available upon request. These licenses allow developers to write and sell commercial tools that run using the Max.Net framework.
 
 
 
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