Writing Utility Plug-ins

Utility plug-ins derive from the class UtilityObj. A utility plug-in differs from a global-utility plug-in (GUP) in that it has an associated roll-out panel and appears in the utilities section of the command panel.

• UtilityObj::BeginEditParams()- Called when the utility is selected from the command panel.
• UtilityObj::EndEditParams()- Called when the utility is no longer being used from the utility branch of the command panel.
• UtilityObj::SelectionSetChanged() - Called by 3ds Max when the selection set changes.
• UtilityObj::DeleteThis() - Called when 3ds Max requests the plug-in to be deleted. A typical implementation would be { delete this; }.
• UtilityObj::SetStartupParam() - Called by 3ds Max after UtilityObj::BeginEditParams() when the user starts the utility from the command line with the -U option and passes an argument to the utility.