Software Misc

This page is for the bits that dont easily fit in 2D/3D.

Warning! The information on this page is seriously out of date.

UV-Mapping Tools

Software such as Blender and Wings3D both come with UV capabilities and are free also.

Package	Price	Website	Description
xNormal	Free	Link	Normal and Diplacement map creator
ORB	Free	Link	Creates normal and displacement maps
Melody	Free	Link	Creates normal maps
3D Object Converter	Free	Link	3D Model viewer and converter (supports 426 file formats)
Tattoo	Free (None-Commercial)	Link	3D Painting software
GameMaker	Free ($20 Full)	Link	GameMaker software. Mostly 2d Sprite but can handle 3d

Name	Price		Usage		Version
NVidia Texture Tools	Free		Create normal-maps from greyscale images, save and load DDS files.		N/A

Name	Price	Usage	Version
CenterPivot2Origin	Free	Centers pivot of every object to the origin	N/A
CompositeMode	Free	Duplicates many of the photoshop blending modes	N/A
Chuggnut's UnwrapTools	Free	Adds lots of useful functionality to Max's Unwrap UVW modifier	5-8
EPolyCounter	Free	Adds a maya like polygon counter to the viewports	N/A
MJPolyTools	Free	Adds extended polygon tools to Max	N/A
Ornatrix	Free	Hair simulation plugin	N/A
Physique Tool	Free	Mirror's Vertex weights in Physique	N/A
PSDPathUnwrapper	Free	UVW Map exporter as PSD vector paths	N/A
Texporter	Free	Makes wire-frame representations of the UVMap for texture mapping	1-7
uvHelp	Free	Adds a decent relax function to the UV Editor	N/A

: Requires RPManager (seperate download, see download link for instructions).

http://www.maxplugins.de/ : Wide variety of plugins and scripts for 3DS Max from version 1 to 8.
http://www.scriptspot.com/ : Huge resource for 3DS Max scripts. Organised by use.

Name	Price	Usage	Version
Byrons Poly Tools	Free	Adds a decent set of polygon tool to Maya	N/A
MJPolyTools	Free	Adds a decent set of polygon tools to Maya	N/A