Installation:Install the RayFire Tool in your 3ds Max folder.
Contact:For feedback, support, or other questions send an e-mail to
Launching:You can launch RayFire Tool via Command Panel / Create / Geometry - RayFire Tool
Menus
1. Manager
Via manager menu You can activate Interactive mode. Select or delete layer and effects seleted in respective lists in Interactive Layrmanager rollout. For instance, after fragmentation last RF Layer will be selected in Layers list, so You can quiclky delete it via manager menu and fragment it again.
2. Tools
Delete all original objects : When You fragment objects RayFire creates copies of Impct objects, hides original objects and fragment copies. so if You happy with results You can delete all hidden original objects to avoid confusions later.
Clean up scene from RayFire info : cleans all objects in scene from any RayFire info.
Clean up delected from RayFire info : cleans only selected objects from any RayFire info.
Detach by element selected : simply detaches all elements of selected objects in separate objects.
Remove middle edge vertices: ProBoolean operation creates a lot of unneeded vertices. You can remove them using this tool. You can define angle threshold in Advanced Fragmentation rollout. Set it to 179 to remove all certices. Set it ot 5 or less to remove vertices only on straight edge.
STL check selected: RayFire will check all selected objects using STL check modifier and will suggest You to select all objects witth erors. Full reset selected : Reset objects transformation and pivot point position.
Bake group : Transfere animation if group to objects in groups and delete group.
Creat gun : Creates simple plane with Look at constraint.
3. Options
Hold scene before execute: holds scene before shoot, fragment or explode.
Show bombs range : Shows range of RF_Bombs added in PhysX list.
Update viewports - Dynamic Sim : update viewports between simulation substeps. Turn off in case you use high substeps value.
Update viewports - Fragmentation : update viewports while fragmentation process.
Advanced Fragmentation options : open Advanced Fragmentation options rollout.
Open Custom properties rollout : Open custom properties rollout for selected geometry objects. Custom options might be useful if You want to use different fragmentation and dynamic properties for each object.
4. About
About: Open About rollout. In about Rollout You can see You request Id, build number, and peoples who help me.
Website : Open RayFire Tool Website.
Tutorials : Open Video Tutorial page.
Online Help : Open On-Line help page.
Check for updates : Download and install latest available minor ( 1.45.XX ) build. Each major (1.XX ) build you need to download and install manually.