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Hi
Thanks a lot, that would be very nice

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Hi Max,

you can use moi.filesystem object for file operations (check for a file: moi.filesystem.fileExists) to avoid ActiveX dependancies.

Dinos

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wow this is looking good! will try out tonight.
matt

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Thank you, dinos,
I know about this command, but it doesn't check directory existence. Also, I use ActiveX to determine the absolute path to the MoI folder.
Just downloaded MoI (Mac version). I think it's no need to determine it, because that path is fixed (c:\moi). It's very good news for me.
I will make Mac version of this script today, but I need to turn off some checks. Also I need to block Delete/Rename function. I'll think about it later.

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Okay, guys! Here is Mac version of the CustomUI.
Unfortunatelly I can't test it. MoI doesn't work on my MacOS virtual machine.

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OMG this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much Max!

I recently felt more and more that 3/4 of the power of MoI is strewn about somewhere in this forum and that it is almost impossible to keep track of the fantastic scripts people come up with and have them integrated easily and visually fitting.

As much as I respect Michaels zeal to keep the interface clean, I personally don't think going hunting for internal scripting tricks to find even relatively basic things like open edges etc. is a good "UI" in the extended meaning of using a software to it's fullest in a clear and easy way.

I very often recommend MoI to others and find myself constantly explaining that "yes the website looks like it's a childs toy but it's really powerful, trust me" and "yes, the GUI looks really simple but it beats some really expensive apps hands down". ;-)


Brilliant!

Cheers,

Tom

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Thank Max, very useful added feature.

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> > "... it is almost impossible to keep track of the fantastic scripts people come up with and have them
> > integrated easily and visually fitting. I personally don't think going hunting for internal scripting tricks
> > to find even relatively basic things like open edges etc. is a good "UI" "
>
> I agree.

I agree too!

But a good UI is one that is developed carefully and not rushed... There are only really a small handful of scripts that are useful to a wide range of users, most of them are pretty specialized things and so optimizing MoI for presenting those just hasn't been a major priority as of yet. It is something that I expect to get to eventually though!

- Michael

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Hi, that was quick of the Mac version :-)

It works pretty good. I just found 2 small issues.
the list of external scripts is is overlapped by the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and it dont change size even if i resize the "Moi window" - Iworks oki if i just move or hide the bottom taskbar :-)
I use this black/orange layout for moi, so i need to change the color of the background so i can see the icons. On the picture below the "snapshot" icon is hoovered byt the mouse and the "lighetning" icon is not

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""""""""""... it is almost impossible to keep track of the fantastic scripts people come up with and have them integrated easily and visually fitting. I personally don't think going hunting for internal scripting tricks to find even relatively basic things like open edges etc. is a good "UI" """""""""""

I agree with the theory but not in this case.

There is no hunting. They are all in one place on the resources page of the MoI website. Anything that is not in there is just a "custom experience" script Michael made for someone who asked in the forum.

I guess you have to ask yourself if you like the Rhino UI?

I like Max's plug. It's exactly (though a little different) like something I wanted to do (although Max did it better). But, There's no long term thought and planning in it. For a plug, that's ok, because he can change it later with no great affects. But for the main app? You cant just cram things in, then make sweeping changes 3 years from now when what you crammed in doesn't work.

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Oh Yeah,

Very cool Max!!! Great work...

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When I just click on the download, I am getting a "partial download, file may have moved error". This has never happened before.
(Windows7 PC)
But using "save target as", I was able to download Mac and Windows version.

(Superb praise message still in preparation :-)

- Brian

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hep,
open ExtScripts.menu.htm as text file, and change "maxlines" value to 30.

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So on my win7, with the filesystem writing, I have to set "run as administrator" on MoI, or the object library wont work.

Is there any way the scripting could be changed to avoid this? Any way to set the privileges from within Max's environment?

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Hi Max
30 works perfect ;-)

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Rhino really isn't the alternative I'm looking at. It has a relatively bad GUI (as most CAD tools seem to enjoy).
But I'm working with many 3D applications and there are IMO several well working solutions to this kind of problem.

Having a dropdown menu with all installed plugins wouldn't directly lead to GUI-mageddon. ;-)

It could be very simple with sub-menus created from file system subfolders, so you could have folders for Points/Curves/Solids/etc. put the respective scripts in there and have them show up in equally named submenus.
Just an example though.

I personally enjoy MoI 10 times more now with Max' script installed :-)

And I have totally zero problem if it will change somehow in 3 years...

Cheers,

Tom

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BurrMan,
it's very strange. I use MoI on win7 x64 with UAC on. And I always use it without administrator rights. Right now I started MoI+ObjLib in a sandbox environment with all administrator rights blocked. Everything is ok. I can create and delete objects. Maybe something wrong with your filesystem rights?
Did you noticed this issue with ObjLib only?

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"""Did you noticed this issue with ObjLib only?""""""""""

I havnt tested the while thing yet. But since you said it should do that, then let me do some further tests. It could just be something in the method I copied things over.

It shouldn't be anything with my filesystem. But, I use MoI standalone, and HAVE copied/moved/copied the install folder around, which may have reset some of the default permissions on the folder.

I'll take a deeper look at it in a bit Max. Thanks for the heads up.

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I tried to install on a mac running latest OS and all I get is a white MOI window with nothing in it. I dragged the 3 folders from the zip file into the drive_c/moi folder . . . . is there something i missed . . .

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