Common MaxScript functions

[braisJSL2A]

Hi Forum!

I'm Brais Brenlla, quite new around these parts, long time 3dsMax user and recent MaxScript student. I wanted to just introduce myself today to the forum and ask what I hope is a simple question, but one that I couldn't find the answer for. Is there a place that I can navigate to listing many of the common MaxScript default functions?

The reason I ask is because I've currently started learning the language through the MaxScript 101 course on Vimeo, and I saw that there are certain functions bundled with the engine: copy is the one I saw in a video, but I assume there would be others such as move, rotate, scale and so on. I tried skimming the MaxScript documentation but I couldn't find anything there, but I have to admit that the docs are quite obscure for me so I might have missed something (for instance, the geometry classes are well hidden under sections and categories that are not easy to mentally link, at least to me!). 

Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction?

Much appreciated, 

Brais

[istan · Accepted solution]

https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAXDEV/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-4C14F474-CD23-4001-93DF-0F0F9A6025C7 

[braisJSL2A]

Hi Istan, 

Thanks a lot for the link, it did let me find some common functions and I think that landing page will make a good addition to the video series I'm currently watching. I'm curious to see if there is a dedicated page to common functions, just like there is for geometry classes - is that a thing? Seems weird that there isn't a page dedicated to the ones created by the creators.

[istan]

You had better ask the creator himself 😉

In contrast to the C++ SDK doc, the MXS doc is not that bad - even for n00bs..

[braisJSL2A]

Morning istan!

Not saying that the MaxScript docs are bad, I like the introduction section that they have there. It just seemed weird to me that there isn't a place that lists the names of the predefined functions. If that's the case, I imagine that they are scattered across the different topics that cover them, so I'll try to read through the docs looking for the appropriate ones. 

[dmitriy.shpilevoy · Accepted solution]

Does this help?
Node Common Methods
https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAXDEV/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-D1D7EB56-A370-4B07-99B4-BC779FB87CAF

[braisJSL2A]

That's a great page, thanks @dmitriy.shpilevoy!