Interface: UtilityPanel

Interfaces >Core Interfaces > UtilityPanel

This Core Interface lets you open and close Utility Plug-ins in the Utilities Tab.

Methods:

<integer>UtilityPanel.OpenUtility <class>ClassName

Switches the control panel to the Utility Panel and opens the specified utility.

<integer>UtilityPanel.CloseUtility()

Closes a modal (bound to panel) utility. Does not close modeless utilities.

If the Utilities tab is currently not displayed in the Command panel, the utility will still be closed.

Returns true if successful, false if not.

EXAMPLE

--Open the MAXScript utility in the Utilities panel
UtilityPanel.OpenUtility MAXScript
True
--Close any utility currently open in the Utilities panel
UtilityPanel.CloseUtility()
OK

To get an array of the installed utility classes, use utilityplugin.classes

EXAMPLE

--Print the available utility classes to the Listener
print utilityplugin.classes
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Instance_Duplicate_Maps
PhysX_Debug_Visualizer
PopRefUtil
MAXScript
Surface_Approximation
Substitute_Manager
Level_of_Detail
IFL_Manager
COM_DCOM_Server_Control
Particle_Flow_Utility
Fix_Ambient
Polygon_Counter
Camera_Tracker
MACUtilities
Visual_MAXScript
Strokes
Clone_and_Align_Tool
Flight_Studio
Follow_Bank
Channel_Info
SkinUtilities
PythonHost
Resource_Collector
Panorama_Exporter
Batch_ProOptimizer
RayFX
Object_Display_Culling
UVW_Remove
Camera_Match
Clean_MultiMaterial
Measure
HairMaxUtility
Assign_Vertex_Colors
MAX_File_Finder
Motion_Capture
ShineExp
Scene_Effect_LoaderUtilityPlugin
Scene_State_Manager
Shape_Check
BevelProfileUtilityInterface
Perspective_Match
GameExporter
Reset_XForm
Color_Clipboard
File_Link_Manager
Bitmap_Photometric_Paths
Batch_Render_Manager
Rescale_World_Units
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