Clearing 3ds Max model rotation

Question

I imported models from 3ds Max in THREE.js after having converted them to JSON using convert_obj_three.py. The models retain their rotation from the 3ds Max file. I want the models without any rotation applied to them. Is there any way to reset the rotation to zero in Three.js (or 3ds Max, for that matter)?

Answer 1

In 3dsmax simply set the transform of the object to the default matrix.

$.transform = matrix3 1

This will zero out the translation, rotation and scale. If you only want to reset the rotation, use:

$.rotation = eulerangles 0 0 0

These are of course MAXScript methods. If you want to reset manually you can simply enter zeroes in the transform type-in box (or right-click the spinners).