Freeing up Memory in 3d Max

Hi everyone,

To keep up with all the max news in all it's forms I subscribe to a lot of feeds via Google Reader and ran into this little gem about freeing up memory in max. I had heard, and used, the Garbage collection part of it before but must admit had forgotten about it until this reminder.

Tip WebSite 

Just in case you're a beginner or not interested in scripting I've put it into a quick little macro for you.
You can just cut and paste the following or download it from my dropbox account on the right.

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macroScript freeMemory
Category: "Lukes' Tools"
internalCategory:"Lukes' Tools"
buttontext: "Free Memory"
Tooltip:"Frees up memory"
(
Rollout freeMem "FreeMem"
(
button gColl "Garbage Collection" toolTip:"Press this button to Free up Memory."
button fScen "Free Scene Bitmaps" toolTip:"Press this button to Free up scene bitmaps."
button cUndo "Clear Undo Buffer" toolTip:"Press this button to clear the undo buffer."
button doAll "Run all three at once" toolTip:"Press this button to run all of the above three buttons."

on gColl pressed do (gc())
on fScen pressed do (freeSceneBitmaps())
on cUndo pressed do (clearUndoBuffer())
on doAll pressed do
(
gc()
freeSceneBitmaps()
clearUndoBuffer()
)

)
if freeMem != undefined do destroyDialog freeMem
createdialog freeMem
addRollout freeMem

)

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Use it before you're about to render and just to clean up after you've finished modelling etc.

If you'd like to know how to install it send me a quick comment on this site or e-mail me at petluke@gmail.com