1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2<html> 3<head> 4<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 5<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> 6<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/manpage.css" type="text/css"> 7<title>How to Install the 3ds Max Plug-In</title> 8</head> 9<body> 10 11<h1>How to Install the 3ds Max Plug-In 12</h1> 13 14<p> 15Follow this procedure when manually setting up the 3ds Max plug-in. 16</p> 17 18 19<h2><a name="install">Installation Procedure</a></h2> 20<h3>Shutting Down 3ds Max</h3> 21<p>Exit 3ds Max if it is currently running.</p> 22 23<h3>Prepare the Plug-In Files</h3> 24<p>Copy the following plug-in files (which are included in the package) to: [3ds Max folder location]/plugins.</p> 25<ul> 26<li>NW4C_Export.dle</li> 27</ul> 28<p>Copy the following script in files included in the package to: [3ds Max folder location]/Scripts/Startup.</p> 29<ul> 30<li>NW4C_menu.ms</li> 31<li>NW4C_mtl.ms.inc</li> 32<li>NW4C_node.ms.inc</li> 33<li>NW4C_utils.ms.inc</li> 34</ul> 35<p><strong>Be sure to use the version of NW4C_Export.dle that matches the version of 3ds Max that you are using.</strong></p> 36<br> 37 38<h3>Verification</h3> 39<p>Start 3ds Max.</p> 40<p>If NW4C has been added to the 3ds Max menu, the installation is complete.</p> 41<center><img src="./images/PluginMenu.gif"></center><br> 42 43<BR> 44 45<h3>If the Plug-in Does not Start</h3> 46<p>If an error such as "Failed to initialize dle file" appears when you attempt to start 3ds Max, download and install the security update patch from the following URL. 47</p> 48<p> 49<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=766a6af7-ec73-40ff-b072-9112bab119c2&displaylang=ja">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=766a6af7-ec73-40ff-b072-9112bab119c2&displaylang=ja</a> 50</p> 51<p> 52Select vcredist_x86.exe for the 32-bit version of 3ds Max and vcredist_x64 for the 64-bit version. 53</p> 54<br> 55 56<h2><a name="update">Updating the Plug-In</a></h2> 57<p>To update the plug-in, use the same installation procedure to overwrite the older versions of the plug-in files with the newer versions.</p> 58<br> 59 60<h2 id="nwcs">Installing Creative Studio</h2> 61<p> 62Creative Studio must be installed in order to use the merge and optimization operations of the Export plug-in because these processes are linked to Creative Studio.<BR> (Optimization and Merge menu features included in Creative Studio are called inside the exporter.) 63</p> 64 65<h2><a name="uninstall">Uninstalling the Plug-In</a></h2> 66<p>First shut down 3ds Max normally and then delete installed files.</p> 67 68 69<br><br> 70 71<hr><p>CONFIDENTIAL</p></body> 72</html>
