Quick Group

Problem I’m solving

This is one script to improve Quality of Life (QOL).
On many softwares, mostly adobe, you can Ctrl + G to group objects, however, you can’t in 3Ds Max, and the Ctrl + G hotkey is empty.

Solution

This script is simple going to group the selected objects for you. I recommend to map Ctrl + G hotkey to this script so that you can quickly group objects with hotkey.

Installation

  1. Simply just drag the script to the viewport to install.
  2. Right-click on the toolbar > Customize…
  3. Choose the tab ‘Toolbars’
  4. In the Category: dropdown, select ‘ManniiCode’
  5. Drag the script to the toolbar where ever you want!
  6. If you want to map the hotkey as well, go to Customize tab > Hotkey Editor
  7. Type in “Quick Group”, click on found the item and press Ctrl + G then Assign to assign the hot key.

Code (Maxscript)

macroscript MC_QuickGroup
	Category:"ManniiCode"
	toolTip:"Quick Group"
	icon: #("ManniiCode_QuickGroup",1)
(
	global MC_grp
	MC_grp = getcurrentselection()
	MC_selgroup = group MC_grp

	select MC_selgroup
)

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