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Alexander Richter recommends that CG artists who work exclusively with 3ds Max familiarise themselves with the MaxScript scripting language. This is because Python is not well developed in 3ds Max. He also explains how scripting in 3ds Max works in both languages and which code is needed, for example, to access external files.
You can read more tricks on how to make your pipeline faster in issue 05 : 2017. You can download Alexander Richter’s workshops from past DP issues for free here: DP1505 Animan | DP1601 Droolpool | DP 1602 Animation Pipelines | DP1705 Pipeline4Artists
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