Increment on save 3d max что это

incrementalSave

This macroscript is a replacement for the save function. It saves incremental file versions while keeping the name of the latest — most-up-to-date version always the same as the original file. This is good for XRef'ing because the filename does not change. Just add it to your File menu and/or define Ctrl+S as shortcut.
New: Old file versions will now be saved to a subdirectory
v0.61 update: Bug fix to handle non-standard number prefixes; small improvements to the UI and error messages

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Incremental save, the great

toondek's picture

Works Perfectly. Thanks you

Martin Breidt's picture

You're not supposed to

You’re not supposed to drag-and-drop the code into a toolbar. This will wrap the code in yet another macroscript block, which causes the error.
Instead, just execute/run the code, then go to Customize UI and search in the «MB Tools» category for the action.

toondek's picture

Assign to Toolsbars

Very usefull script, thanks for sharing it .

I have just one problem, i can’t assigned the scrip on a new toolbars.
I am using Max 2011, and when i select the text of the script and try to drag and drop it to the new toolbar i have just create for before, i have this error message:

Am i doing something wrong??

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crystal3d's picture

very usefull script but

cant use it for my workflow unfortunately.

See i dont use saving files with their sccene properties cause it saves the enviroment properties, material editor etc. also.

what i do is always use «save selected» feature. , or the convert selected to xref scene feature.

these both options open up a «save file» dialog where there is a «plus» icon to save incrementally.

what would be the best thing is to modify that «plus» so that it executes your script instead. but no idea if it is possible.

and if it is not, then i kindly request a script «Incremental Save selected», (COME ON PEOPLE , WHOS WITH ME. ) 🙂

Christopher Grant's picture

When we first started using

When we first started using Incremental Save I was always using the «add comments on save» option but stopped because we weren’t leveraging the data. The script I’d like to have is one that’d replace the max file open dialog with one that displayed a file list and the comments associated with that file as a browser that you could quickly scroll through to find the iteration of a file you wanted before opening it.

Martin Breidt's picture

Chris, glad to hear you find

Chris, glad to hear you find the script useful.

Regarding archive location, of course each studio might have a different rule to that, so, yes, customizing the script makes sense.

Regarding file comments: That functionality is maybe already in there: Executing the script while holding down ALT (or SHIFT, depending on what version you run) will give you some options, amongst which is an «Add file comments on save» option that, when active, will prompt you for some comments to be stored with the file. Is that what you’re looking for? Or do you want some automatic numbering, embedded in the file comments? That would be one or two lines of code around line 213.

Let me know
Martin

Christopher Grant's picture

I've been using this script

I’ve been using this script for a couple years now. It’s fantastic and allows us to always have a permanent history of work. Some of our projects last a couple years too — this way we can occasionally revert to a design from months prior without any trouble.

I made a slight change to the code at work though so all increments are placed in an archive folder. So for instance — our xref files are in an xref folder and the archives of «file.max» are in xref/archive/file.max/ which makes it cleaner for us since we use it all the time.

I keep wanting to script a way to hook into the file comments to make it really easy to see how a file changed over time but just haven’t had the time to do it.

Martin Breidt's picture

Simmsimaging, I think what

Simmsimaging, I think what you’re seeing is ‘as designed’. 😉
The latest version will always have the same file name. The older versions will be saved with increasing version numbers.

Here’s your example:
1.) Create a sphere at [0,0,0], then save as sphere.max
2.) Move the sphere to [100,0,0], hit incrementalSave. Now the file sphere.max will have the sphere at [100,0,0] and the backup file sphere_V-001.max will have the sphere at the original [0,0,0]
3.) Move the sphere to [0,100,0] and hit incrementalSave again. Now the file sphere.max will have the sphere at [0,100,0] and the backup file sphere_V-001.max will have the sphere at the original [0,0,0] and sphere_V-002.max at the second position at [100,0,0]

So the latest version is always the one with the original file name, and all old versions are save to the subfolder with increasing numbers.

Hope this helps.

simmsimaging's picture

I use this script all the

I use this script all the time and really appreciate it, but noticing some odd behavior, at least with Max2011:

If use the script it appears to save one version back from the current state, so it’s always a bit behind the actual changes. Hard to explain, and not sure how it is happening. Simple test: make a sphere, hit save. move it once and use the script to save, then move again and script again. If you open the backup files the *second* saved file is actually the first, and the first looks like the original file. The second move of the sphere was not saved at all.

This can be gotten around by using the script twice in a row, but it seems odd. Happening on two different systems, and tried it in several files.

Backing Up and Archiving Scenes

By:

You should regularly back up and archive your work. One convenient method is to save incremental copies of your scenes. This method creates a history of your work process.

Saving Incremental Files

If you turn on the Increment On Save option on the File Preferences panel of the Preferences dialog, the current scene is renamed by appending a two-digit number to the end of the file and incrementing the number each time you save. For example, if you open a file named myfile.max and then save it, the saved file is named myfile01.max. Each time you save the file its name is incremented, producing the files myfile02.max, myfile03.max, and so on.

You can also use Save As to increment the file name manually with a two-digit number by clicking the increment button (+) on the Save As dialog.

Using Auto Backup

You can automatically save backup files at regular intervals by setting the Auto Backup options on the Preferences dialog. The backup files are named AutoBackupN.max, where N is a number from 1 to 99, and stored, by default, in the \autoback folder. You can load a backup file like any other scene file.

Archiving a Scene

3ds Max scenes can make use of many different files. When you want to exchange scenes with other users or store scenes for archival purposes, often you need to save more than just the scene file.

Use the Application menu Archive command to pass the scene file and any bitmap files used in the scene to an archiving program compatible with PKZIP software.

как сделать чтобы макс перестал создавать autoback файлы

Не отключайте. Я бы категорически не рекомендовал — не перечислить, сколько раз они меня выручали.
Макс (даже x64) имеет привычку падать на тяжелых вещах (волосы, cloth, большие стеки, деревья шейдеров больше 100 нодов), и часто вылетал в среднем раз в 5 минут на машине с core i7-920 и 24 гигами.

Говорю по своему опыту — отключал, только когда ОЧЕНЬ тяжелая сцена, которая сохраняется около минуты и весит почти полгига, но тогда реально сидел нервничал и сейвил руками в отдельный файл после каждого серьезного изменения, если макс не обрушивался. Например, попробуйте пересчитать skin wrap для сетки со 100 тысячами полигонов — памяти хватает за глаза, но может тупо вылететь без причины. То же самое и про симуляции волос и тканей.

Зачем автобеки? Макс ОЧЕНЬ часто бьет основный файл сцены (причем капитально — попытка сделать merge из старой сцены рушит макс), и даже сами автобеки — но из автобека можно вытащить хоть что-то, если не из последнего, то из предпоследних — точно.

Я обычно увеличиваю количество автобеков до 25, и интервал в минуту — если сцена легкая. Если тяжелая — отключаю кнопкой (элементарный максскрипт) и сейвлю руками в отдельные файлы. На крайняк — ctrl+H.

Если отключите — потом будете горько жалеть.

Чистить папку зачем? Винты сейчас большие, лишние 10-15 гигов ни чего не стоят, а нервов и времени (если все сдохнет и придется переделывать с нуля) сэкономят огого.