Fangorn Layer Manager is a powerful layer manager for 3ds Max.

Fangorn gives the user superb control over scene layers, offering features never before implemented in scene layer / data management.

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Hierarchal layer system

3ds Max has long been missing a powerful layer manager, that would allow for nested layers. Fangorn's name derives from the ability to organize layers in a tree-like hierarchy. There is no limit as to how deep you can nest layers.

Front end layer material manager

Included with Fangorn is a Material Manager tool for globally managing material assignments with layers. This allows the user to work with layers instead of individual objects in assigning materials.

Mass Layer Property Editing

Fangorn allows one to work with multiple layer properties at one time.

But that is just the tip of the iceberg. See the following links for more features of Fangorn.

Brief Overview	Material Manager	Screen Shot / Explanation

The above videos require the Techsmith Codec to view, and can be acquired here. These do not show all the features of Fangorn, but they show some of the highlights. Note: These have no sound: this was done to make them smaller and easier to download.