Interactive Universal Renamer

This is a renaming script for 3ds Max with live preview and support for objects, layers, materials and files.

See an (older) demonstration video: https://vimeo.com/57767912

How to install via .mzp

The repository should include a InteractiveRenamer_v2.20.mzp file: Download and drag-and-drop it into your 3ds Max viewport to install the tool.

How to build the .mzp

The installation uses the mzpbuilder script from Klaas Nienhuis.

• Open builder/mzpbuilder.ms in a text editor and modify line 57 theIniFile to point to your local builder/mzpbuilder.ini.
• Also open the builder/mzpbuilder.ini and update paths as needed to match your local files.
• Run mzpbuilder.ms in 3ds Max, you will find a new .mzp file in the build/ folder afterwards.
• That .mzp file can be drag-and-dropped into 3ds Max to install the tool.

How to install manually

• Navigate to your user scripts folder. You can get the location inside 3ds Max by evaluating the following MAXScript: getDir #userScripts. It should be something like: "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\<version>- 64bit\ENU\scripts"
• Create a folder there named interactiveRenamer.
• Copy the following files to that folder:
  • interactiveRenamer_header.png
  • interactiveRenamer_installed.ms
  • interactiveRenamer.ms
  • nameplates.ms
• Drag-and-drop the Buelter-interactiveRenamer_macro.mcr into your 3ds Max viewport to install a macro to launch the tool.
• You can add the macro script to a quad menu/toolbar button etc. via Customize User Interface > Category: "Buelter"

Known Issues

• File renaming support is very basic and known to have issues with whitespaces in filenames.
• The "nested materials" have been implemented to support what was available in 2013. "Newer" multi materials etc. are not supported.