Changes for v2.0 are:
– New user friendly UI design

• – Shelf dummies are now generated after adding polygons or instantly in array
• – Adds the ability to set shelf dimensions in viewport by moving vertices of dummies splines
• – New ‘Test my books’ option to check if 3D book models have proper pivot orientations
• – Adds a sample 3D book model to the package to help understand book pivot orientation
• – Adds a books rotation option to define books XY orientation on shelf polygons
• – Adds pre-saved presets for quick start and the ability to create your own
• – Adds a ‘Generate random’ preset to test your luck
• – New ‘Exclude from clone object color’ option to define books that should be placed once only
• – Adds an option to quickly remove all or selected books added to Bm
• – Adds an option to quickly remove all shelves added to Bm
• – The quantity of added books and shelves is now shown in the UI
• – Adds check buttons for Leaning, Horizontal, Flipped books and Books series to turn them on/off
• – Adds ? buttons for every rollout to open help for the section
• – Adds protection against adding polygons with normals turned downward
• – Adds Edit poly modifier support
• – Adds support for Max 2018
• – Adding books and polygons to Bm is now more intuitive
• – The Min fill(%) and Max fill(%) options have been changed to Quantity(%) and Random(%)
• – The Cancel button now closes Bm and removes everything and the X button clears generated books
• – The Min/Max shelves slider has been changed to Shelves number(%)
• – The Help documentation was moved from the package to the website
• – Books are now generated in portions: shelf after shelf
• – The name field was removed from the UI
• – Fixes Bm from creating an unlimited number of books and freezing Max under certain conditions
• – Fixes the same polygon being added several times
• – Fixes a Max 2017-2018 error if the Max command panel is undocked

Bookmanager is available for Max 2010 to 2018 and costs $25 (individual license) and $40 (corporate license). A demo version is available here.