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Selection | Modeling | Object Attributes | Miscellaneous
Palettes | Window Control | Surface Style & Rendering | Batch Processing

 

   
Selection
     
           
Name
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Description
  Date Download
Select by Similar Material Command   This will select objects by user-specified materials.   07-3-2008
               
Select by Surface Style Name   Displays a menu allowing user to select a surface
style by name. The script then selects objects
with the selected surface style.
  07-3-2008
               
Select Similar Normal   Selects faces by a given (selected) faces normal.   07-3-2008
               
 
  Four commands that will take a point, segment or object or face and select the chosen entities that are attached. For example, if an object selection is converted points, the object is deselected and all its points are selected. These commands will appear as four separate options under one heading in the menu.
  11-30-2007
               
  Select Similar   Command that will select other similar, visible objects based upon optional criteria. For example, one could select an object, then run this script to select all other objects within the same layer as the original object.   11-30-2007
               
  Reverse Selection   Command that will deselect all currently selected entities
and select anything that was unselected and visible.
  11-30-2007
               
  Count Selected Entities   This palette will display a count of all currently selected entities (points, segments, faces, and objects).   12-6-2006
               
               
   
Modeling
     
           
Name
(click for details)
 
Description
  Date Download
Separate Faces by Color   Separates an object into one or more objects
based on the face-level colors. Deletes the
original object.
  07-3-2008
               
3pt Align
Tool 1
  Tool that allows user to align an object by picking
3 points at the algn3t and 3 points at the target
location.
  07-3-2008
               
Batch Sweep   Utility script to allow multiple sweep paths with single source shape.   07-3-2008
               
Clean Line   Reduces the point density of selected lines. User specifies a tolerance. Groups of points that are within that tolerance are consolidated into one point.   07-3-2008
               
Door Builder   Builds a door to match the width of a selected line.   07-3-2008
               
Gravity   Moves objects vertically so the bottom meets the top of a terrain model.   07-3-2008
               
Gable Roof Builder   Builds a gable roof to match a selected rectangle.   07-3-2008
               
Handrail Builder   Builds a handrail to match the path of a selected line.   07-3-2008
               
Hipped Roof Builder   Builds a hipped roof to match a selected rectangle.   07-3-2008
               
Sash Builder   Builds a window to match the width of a selected line.   07-3-2008
               
Sliding Sash Builder   Builds sliding glass windows to match the width
of a selected line.
  07-3-2008
               
Slope Path   This will make the line slope according to a user
specified option. This is an easy way to slope
a complex line at a constant angle.
  07-3-2008
               
Sweep Rectangle   Forms a rectangle on segments of a selected object.   07-3-2008
               
  Control Object 2   A simple palette to control movement of one or more selected objects.   06-18-2008
               
  Control Object 1   A simple palette to control movement of one or more selected objects, version 1.   02-14-2006
               
  Random Transform Tool   Tool allows user to randomly scale, translate, and rotate picked objects within a set range.   12-6-2006
               
  Curve to Arcs   Tool that converts splines, nurbz curves, and composite curves into a set of sequential arcs.   11-29-2006
               
  Terrain Doctor   A method of automatically analyzing and fixing terrain modeling.   10-11-2005
               
  Random Nurbz   Script sample file to show how to create a nurbz object with control points whose lcoation changes randomly along the u direction of the surface.   10-10-2005
               
  Parametric Resolution   This tool-like palette allows you to change the display resolution or parametric objects instantly.   07-15-2005
               
               
   
Object Attributes
     
           
Name
(click for details)
 
Description
 
Date
Download
Distribute Based on Materials   This will create a new layer for every surface style. It then moves objects to those layers based upon the object's assigned surface style.   07-3-2008
               
Fix inverted Objects   Detects all solid objects in a project that have negative volume. If there are any, a dialog is posted, that gives the user the choice to : do nothing, pick the objects, and reverse the objects.   07-3-2008
               
Name Object by Material   This will rename all selected objects so that the
name matches the surface style assigned to the object.
  07-3-2008
               
  Remove Copy From Name   Command that will allow user to automatically remove "Copy" from the name of new copied objects as they are created.   11-30-2007
               
  Clear Face Color and Texture   Gives user the option to clear face-level surface styles of selected objects, which will return the object to its object-level surface style.   12-6-2006
               
  Auto Name   Command will automatically rename controlled objects.   07-25-2006
               
  Center Pivot   Command will center the objects pivot and reset the rotation of the pivot to align with the world axis.   03-20-2006
               
  Set Order   Allows the user to reset the order of objects in a project.   02-28-2006
               
  Toggle Object Visibility Command   Command that turns off any objects that are visible but not selected.   08-29-2005
               
  Object Toggle Palette   This palette has buttons that will turn off objects that are visible, but not selected.   12-6-2006
               
  Rename Object   Latest version has been changed to save user preferences. This utility will allow user to rename objects that are preselected or objects that have a common string in the name. Also allows numbers to be appended to the names.   08-26-2005
               
               
   
Miscellaneous
     
           
Name
(click for details)
 
Description
 
Date
Download
Count Symbols   Counts how many symbol instance occurences of each symbol definition in the first library of a project there are.   07-3-2008
               
Measure All Selected Segments   Allows users to get the total length of all selected
segments.
  07-3-2008
               
  Calculate Dihedral Angles   Palette that calculates dihedral angle between two selected faces.   05-05-2005
               
  Get Bounding Box   Palette that calculates bounding box of selected objects.   05-02-2005
               
  Object Name Counter   Writes out a list of object names.   01-28-2005
               
  Increment File Name   Command will automatically increment the filename and save file.   07-26-2006
               
  Image Divider   Breaks up an image into smaller tiles that can be rendered separately.   04-03-2006
               
               
   
Palettes
     
           
Name
(click for details)
 
Description
  Date Download
  Toggle Layer   Palette that turns off any layers that dont contain selected objects.   03-20-2006
               
  Toggle Symbols Palette   Palette that turns off any symbols that are visible but not selected.   05-23-2005
               
  Toggle Snap Palette   Palette that turns off the snap of any objects that are visible but not selected.   03-13-2005
               
               
   
Window Control
     
           
Name
(click for details)
 
Description
  Date Download
  Change View   A simple palette that allows a user to control positioning of a camera and where it points.   03-20-2006
               
  Control Underlay   A simple palette to control underlays.   02-27-2006
               
  Attention   Center COI on selected objects.   06-06-2005
               
  Numerical Input Command   Switches the type of numeric display to"architectural","decimal","english", or "fractions".   01-25-2005
               
               
    Surface Style & Rendering      
           
Name
(click for details)
  Description   Date Download
MIMI - Multi Image Map Importer   A utility script that allows one to simultaneously
build multiple surface styles with texture maps.
  07-3-2008
               
  Animated Surface Styles   An animated surface style script.   06-27-2005
               
  Angle Transparency Shader   Makes a shader that will control the transparency based on the angle of the surface relative to the camera.   03-16-2005
               
  Turbulance Shader   Makes a turbulance shader that contains 4 colors.

  02-01-2005
               
               
    Batch Processing      
           
Name
(click for details)
  Description   Date Download
Batch Renderer   Project utility script. Renders all project files
in a directory and its sub-directories with available renderers of form•Z.
  07-3-2008
               
  Batch Import/Export   Batch Import: Allows user to select multiple files to convert to formZ files. Batch Export: Allows user to select multiple formZ files and export to a desired format (DXF, OBJ, etc).   12-6-2006