Version 9 of the 3ds Max SDK introduces the notion of a user defined project folder and a library of functions that facilitate the use of relative paths (relative to the project folder) for managing users' assets. MaxSDK::Util::Path is a type designed for doing path-related string manipulations. It also works well with the newly introduced methods of IPathConfigMgr.
The following is a summary of the more conspicuous of the numerous methods provided:
| Method | .h File | Description |
| ConvertToRelativeTo | Path.h | Convert this absolute Path so that it points to the same location but relative to the new base path. |
| ConvertToAbsolute | Path.h | Converts a given relative path to an absolute path rooted at the current project folder. |
| GetResolvedAbsolutePath | Path.h | Get the fully-resolved, lower case, path converted to absolute rooted at the current project folder. |
| ConvertToRelativeToProjectFolder | Path.h | Get the fully-resolved, lower case, path converted to absolute rooted at the current project folder. |
| Normalize | Path.h | Transforms a path in to its normal form (without extra relative indicators). |
| SearchForExternalFiles | IPathConfigMgr.h | Resolves a given path using a predefined path search order for external files. |
| MakePathRelativeToProjectFolder | IPathConfigMgr.h | Converts an absolute path into a path that is relative to the current project folder. |
| GetProjectFolderPath | IPathConfigMgr.h | Returns the fully-qualified path of the project file, given the root folder of an existing project. |
| SetCurrentProjectFolder | IPathConfigMgr.h | Sets the current project folder. |
The library supports the free conversion to and from Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths. See maxsdk\include\Path.h and maxsdk\include\IPathCOnfigMgr.h.
