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Octane Render Baking group id - Assign id to multiple objects shapes

// 0 is for Red, 2 for Green, 4 for Blue
// 3, 5 and 6 for Cyan, Magenta and Yellow
// Replace the number "0" by the number of your choice
// Baking group id is also avalaible in Attribute Spreadsheet Editor

for ( $object in `ls -sl -l` ) {
    print($object+"\n");
    setAttr ($object + ".octBakGrId") (0);
}

Maxwell Render - Particles sequence - Force .abc file

//This expression force Maya to reload an Alembic particles file at each frame - there is no other way in Maxwell Render to read a particles sequence in .abc

global int $current_frame;
$current_frame = `currentTime -query`;
print $current_frame;
{
setAttr -type "string" maxwellRFRKParticles1.file ("/YOUR_PATH/YOUR_FILE" + $current_frame + ".abc");
}

Maxwell Render - Specify object ID color

// Specify object ID color

for ( $object in `ls -sl -l` ) {
    print($object+"\n");
    setAttr ($object + ".mxSpecifyObjIdColor") (1);
    setAttr ($object + ".mxObjIdColor") -type "double3" 1 0 0;
}