Please add some sort of visual overdraw for graphite retopology workflow like Maya now has since update 3. The new transparency sorting order in Maya Quad draw is perfect. It just makes retopo so much more enjoyable. Setting up an offset and custom materials is just a pain.   Polyboost tools were a great addition as graphite but they are now quite old and haven't been updated. Streamlining/modernising the retopo workflow with the addition of the shader overdraw and a live surface that works on ALL modeling tools, similar to Maya, would be great. Although Max is fantastic for retopo these small issues take away from the experience. Show More

The Art renderer is great! Love it. I would like the ability to separate the renders  into layers or elements though for post. An ID channel, Z-Depth, spec ect.   Every jobs needs a bit of post. Show More

Every time I turn on statistics for viewports it defaults to:   Polys: Verts: FPS:   As a games industry professional, I care about Tris & Verts. As such EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I load a file I have to change this setting.   I really don't want this setting to exist on a per file basis.  I want to set this so it is the same for every file I open.   I know I can change the settgings, and save it to a Maxstart file. This doesn't help me when I am opening files from literally hundreds of artists who don't have the same setup. It is a horrible UX for someone in my position. This issue has plagued me for years.   I understand some users may like the feature the way it is. The fix is simple.   Add a the button "Make Current Default", and a button "Reset Defaults"   This seems like it would be a pretty easy addition to all of the other user settings Max records.   For the love of god, please make this change...     Show More

Currently batch menu has duplicate and delete function for editing the list.  It would be great if we can change the order of the job list by dragging and moving. I know we can give a priority number but it would've been better to be able to edit the list for organizing purpose.  It's not intuitive to track job order by looking numbers.   Thanks,   Show More

I'm starting to learn MCG because it looks really amazing but I have some difficulties and I think I could share some ideas as a starter who has no clue about how to start. The tool could be a little annoying for someone who is used to code in text format, this is what I found so far:   Poor documentation: The use of the commands is really confusing for a starter, the only help you have is a poor description in a little window. An usage sample of each important operator could be really helpful to have a guide (my first and obvious doubts are about loops, array iterations, variables declarations for example)   Debugging and code tests The debugging and trial/error are just missing. You can't easily preview or trace segments of your project, you can't "Rem" or disable elements to see what is happening or to try alternatives, for example I wanted to unplug a group and plug an alternative but I couldn't do it, I had to erase one and create another and you don't have undo and redo!?   Resources management I found the resources organization a little messy, you have to collect ALL of the sub-functions/sub-programs in one place, even when sometimes you will use them only once. You can't just open a sample and test it, you have to "install" it because the lack of relative paths of each project, that could lead to conflicts (like the ones I have right now installing some samples) and unlike .ms files, the projects becomes almost non-portables.   Annotations For someone who is starting, taking notes is really important but is a relatively poor feature on the editor, the only note you can put is inside of a group, it suppose to be an schematic interface and you can't do basic schemes to organize your ideas.   MaxScript connection Would be very usefull if the structural elements of MCG are exposed and documented in maxscript in case you need to do some very specific and complex project (for example tools connected with external software and files unsupported by mcg), avoiding the graphical interface and using at the same time the power behind this tool.   Show More

I often have trouble knowing if I'm looking at a back-face or if it's just the way the viewport is currently oriented that makes faces look black (default color for back-faces).  I find myself constantly rotating the scene around in perspective to get the light to shine on the suspect faces. I've tried using the 2-light and 1-light option for lighting the scene, but neither makes a significant difference to my tired old eyes.   If we had the option to specify our own color for back-faces, this wouldn't be an issue since a face in shadow would (should) still display in the chosen back-face color and a "black" face would then only indicate that it's in shadow.  At the moment it could be either or both leading to unnecessary scene manipulation just to determine which it really is - shadow or back-face or both. Show More

It would be nice if we had the option to duplicate an edge or edge-loop with params to specify an exact distance from the source/selected edge/vertex so geometry could be divided at exact locations as required.  We can currently "move" edges accurately via type-in dialogs, but we can't tell Max to create a copy (or a new edge) x-units away from a currently selected edge/vertex.      Show More

Most modern programming IDE have a solid debugger. I wouldn't ask for as much when it comes to MaxScript, but the script editor could be improved. As it stands, when a script encounters an infinite loop, there's no way to stop or cancel the process until 3DS Max eventually crashes. Someone who isn't careful and doesn't regularly save their work may end up with a lot of time wasted because of this. It would be very helpful to have a way to cancel the process of a script at any point during its execution. I know we can use the escape key to cancel a script execution normally, but that only works if the script is idle at that moment. Thanks Show More