by mjblosser·Workflow
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Draw Order Toolkit earns a place in the scriptspot library as a focused utility for inspecting and reordering how objects draw, with a face index viewer built in and support stated across all versions of 3ds Max.
Draw Order Toolkit is a set of tools for troubleshooting the draw call and render order of items in a 3ds Max scene. It's particularly useful for game exports where transparency is involved and objects must render in a particular order. Alongside the ordering controls, it includes a face index viewer.
Run the script and press Refresh List to display the draw order of objects in your scene. The Geometry Only checkbox filters the list to just poly and mesh objects. To reorder items, make a selection of one or more objects and use the top row buttons to change their draw order. For face-level inspection, select a set of polygons and press the Show Index Toggle to view individual face indexes.
The toolkit is at version 1.2, last updated in August 2023, and is listed as compatible with all versions of 3ds Max. It's available on scriptspot as a MaxScript file and is listed here as free.
Draw Order Toolkit is best for game exports where transparency is involved and objects must render in a particular order.
Draw Order Toolkit is completely free to download and use.
Draw Order Toolkit is listed as compatible with all versions of 3ds Max, so you should be able to run it regardless of the release you work in. It ships as a MaxScript file, currently at version 1.2, last updated in August 2023. Because compatibility is stated broadly rather than tied to specific releases, it's worth checking the developer's page on scriptspot if you're on a very old or very new build and want to confirm before relying on it in production.
Draw Order Toolkit shows draw order once you run the script and press the Refresh List button, which populates a list of the objects in your scene. If you only want to see poly and mesh objects, enable the Geometry Only checkbox to filter the list down to those. From there you can review the order in which items are set to draw, which is the main purpose of the tool when you're tracking down draw call or render order problems in a scene.
Draw Order Toolkit changes render order through the buttons in its top row. Make a selection of one or more objects in your scene, then use those top row buttons to adjust the draw order of the selected items. This is aimed at situations like game exports where transparency is involved and objects need to render in a particular order. The toolkit also includes a face index viewer: select some polygons and press the Show Index Toggle to view individual face indexes.
Draw Order Toolkit is listed as free in this catalog, so there's no purchase required to add it to your 3ds Max setup. Licensing terms can change over time, though, so for the current and definitive details it's best to check the developer's page on scriptspot before you distribute it or use it in a commercial project. What you download is a single MaxScript file at version 1.2, released by mjblosser.
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