9

x Contents
Perspective and Orthographic View por t
Controls ................................................................ 738
Zoom Viewport .............................. ........................ 739
Zoom All ................................................................. 740
Zoom Extents / Zoom Extents Selected.................. 740
Field of View Flyout ................................................ 741
Field-of-View Button .............................................. 741
Zoom Region .......................................................... 742
Pan View ................................................................. 743
Arc Rotate Flyout..................................................... 744
Arc Rotate, Arc Rotate Selected, Arc Rotate
Sub-Object ........................................................... 744
Camera V iewpor t Controls .................................. 745
Camera Viewport Controls..................................... 745
Dolly Camera, Target, or Both ............................... 746
Perspective .............................................................. 747
Roll Camera .................................... ........................ 747
Truck Camera ......................................................... 748
Orbit/Pan Camer a ........................................ .......... 749
Light V iewport Controls....................................... 750
Light Viewport Controls ......................................... 750
Dolly Lig ht, Target, or Both .. .................................. 751
Light Hotspot ........... ............................................... 752
Roll Light ................................................................ 753
Light Falloff ............................................................. 753
Truck Light ............................................................. 755
Orbit/Pan Light ...................................................... 755
Command Panel.................................................... 756
Command Panel.................... .................................. 756
Object Name and Wireframe Color........................ 757
Create Panel .......................................................... 757
Create Panel ............................................................ 757
Modify Panel......................................................... 758
Modify Panel ............................ .............................. 758
Modifier Stack Controls.......................................... 760
Modifier Stack Ri ght-Click Menu........................... 766
Make Unique .......................................................... 770
Modifier Sets Menu ................................................ 771
Configure Modifier Sets Dialog ............................. 772
Hierarchy Panel ...................................................... 773
Motion Panel ......................................................... 774
Motion Panel .......................................................... 774
Assign Controller Rollout ....................................... 774
Display Panel ........................................................ 775
Display Panel ........................................................... 775
Display Floater......................................................... 775
Utilities Panel ........................................................ 778
Utilities Panel ........... ............................................... 778
Utilities Dialog......................................................... 779
Configure Button Sets Dialog ................................. 779
MAXScript Interface ............................................. 780
MAXScript Interface ............................................... 780
New Script ............................................................... 781
Open Script ............................................................. 781
Run Script................................................................ 781
MAXScript Listener ................................................ 781
Macro Recorder....................................................... 782
Visual MAXScript U tility (See MAXScript
Reference)............................................................. 783
MAXScript Debugger Dialog.... .............................. 783
Running Scripts from the Command Line ............. 783
22 Customizing the User Interface..............785
Customizing the User Interface............................ ... 785
Useful Customization Techniques .......................... 785
Customize Display Right-Click Menu .................... 787
Show UI ................................................................... 788
Lock UI Layout............. ........................................... 788
Plug-In Manager ..................................................... 788
Custom UI and Defaults Switcher ........................... 789
Market-Specific Defaults......................................... 790
COM/DCOM Server Control Uti lity...................... 792
Customize User Inter face Dialog ......................... 792
Customize User Interface Dialog ............................ 792
Keyboard Panel ....................................................... 793
Toolbars Panel ....... .................................................. 794
Quads Panel...................................... ....................... 795
Menus Panel ............................................................ 798
Colors Panel........ ....................... .............................. 799
Advanced Quad Menu Options .............................. 801
Edit Button Appearance Dia log .............................. 803
Saving and Loading Custom User Inter faces...... 804
Saving and Loading Custom User Interfaces.......... 804
Load Custom UI Scheme ........................................ 805
Save Custom UI Scheme ......................................... 806
Rever t to Startup Layout ......................................... 807
Configure Paths .................................................... 808
Configure Paths............ ........................................... 808
Configure User Paths........... .................................... 808
Configure System Paths........................................... 810
File I/O Path Configuration .................................... 810
External Path Configur ation ................................... 811
XRefs Path Configuration ....................................... 812
System Paths ............................................................ 813
3rd Party Plug-Ins Path Configuration................... 814
Network Plug-In Configuration.............................. 814
Preferences ........................................................... 815
Preferences............................................................... 815