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    Building the Sample Plug-ins

    The SDK provides sample code for many of the plug-in types. This section discusses the procedure to build and run the sample plug-ins included in the SDK. The sample plug-ins can be found in the \\samples and \\howto sub-folders of your 3ds Max SDK installation directory.

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    • Configuring the Development Environment
    • Hybrid, Debug, and Release Build Configurations
    • Running Plug-ins
    Parent page: Writing Plug-ins
    Next page: Creating a Plug-in Project

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