Installing the Plug-in Wizard (AppWizard)
The 3ds Max Plug-in Wizard (commonly called the AppWizard) is an add-in for Visual Studio that builds skeleton plug-ins for 3ds Max. You simply have to specify what plug-in type you would like to build, and follow the directions in the wizard. The wizard generates the Visual Studio project files, the CPP files, and skeleton code with "TODO" comments.
Wizard Installation
The readme.txt file in the Plug-in Wizard location (maxsdk\Howto\3dsmaxPluginWizard directory root) contains up to date instructions on how to install the wizard.
Note:
The Plug-in Wizard supports Qt for the UI of some plug-in types. To use Qt, you need to install some pre-requisites. See Using Qt with 3ds Max Plug-ins for more information.