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General Preferences................................................. 815
File Preferences........................................................ 819
Viewport Preferences .............................................. 821
Gamma and LUT Preferences ................................. 824
Rendering Preferences............................................. 826
Animation Preferences............................................ 828
Inverse Kinematics Preferences............................... 830
Gizmos Preferences ................................................. 832
MAXScript Preferences........................................... 834
Radiosity Preferences .............................................. 836
mental ray Preferences ............................................ 837
Graphics Driver Setup.......................................... 838
Graphics Driver Setup Dialog ................................. 838
Configure Driver ..................................................... 840
Configure Software Display Driver Dialog............. 840
Configure OpenGL Dialog...................................... 841
Direct3D Driver Setup Dialog................... .............. 843
Configure Direct3D Dialog..................................... 844
MIDI Time Slider Control Setup........................... 847
MIDI Time Slider Control Setup Dialog................. 847
Units Setup............................................................ 848
Units Setup Dialog .................................................. 848
System Unit Setup Dialog........................................ 850
File Load: Units Mismatch Dialog .......................... 852
V iewport Configuration....................................... 853
Viewport Configuration................................ .......... 853
Rendering Method ...... ............................................ 853
Viewport Layout............................................ .......... 856
Safe Frames.............................................................. 857
Adaptive Degradation Options............................... 859
Regions .................................................................... 860
Statistics................................................................... 861
Entering Commands by Using Mouse Strok es ... 862
Strokes ..................................................................... 862
Defining Strokes...................................................... 863
Reviewing and Editing Strokes ..................... .......... 865
Stroke Preferences Dialog ....................................... 867
Strokes Utility.......................................................... 868
23 Keyboard Shor tcuts ............................. ....871
Keyboard Shortcuts................................................. 871
Keyboard Shortcut Override Toggle ...................... 872
A Using the Online Reference .... ................ 873
B Troubleshooting 3ds Max ............... ........883
Glossary .................. .................. ................ 901
Index ....... ............................................ .... 1039