Plug-In Manager

The Plug-in Manager lets you manage plug-ins dynamically without any initialization required. The Plug-in Manager provides a list of all plug-ins found in the 3ds Max plug-in directories, including the plug-in description, type (object, helper, modifier, and so on), status (loaded or deferred), size, and path. The Plug-in Manager provides options to load or tag as deferred, any particular plug-in, regardless where they reside on disk.

When you start the Plug-in Manager, it scans through all the loaded plug-ins and lists them in the Plug-in Manager dialog. 3ds Max looks for plug-ins in a couple of places:

• Paths from Plugin.ini (in the 3ds Max install directory)
• Paths from Plugin.UserSettings.ini (in the user's AppData\Local directory)
• The Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins directory (typically in %PROGRAMDATA%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins, but this location can vary, see "Packaging Plug-ins" in the 3ds Max Developer Help).

To use the Plug-in Manager via MAXScript, see the Interface: pluginManager topic.