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Save As 391

ChooseYestogoaheadandoverwritetheoriginal

file, No to stop the Save. If you choose No, you can

use Save As (page 3–391) to sav e the file under a

different name.

If you save to the original file name, you can still

edit it using the current version of the software,

but you will no longer be able to edit it in earlier

versions of 3ds Max.

Inter face

When you save a scene, you also save the program

settings. When you open the file again, it opens

with the same viewport configuration, view and

zoom levels, snap and grid settings, and so on.

You can incrementally number saved files, and

make automat ic backup files at specified time

intervals. These options, Increment On Save and

Backup On Save, are on the Files panel (page

3–819) of the Preference Settings dialog.

Save As

File menu > Save As

Sav e As lets you sav e the current scene filein MAX

or CHR format under a different file name.

A CHR file is a character file saved with Save

Character. For more information on the CHR file

format, see Character Assembly (page 1–102) and

Save Character (page 1–115).

Note: 3ds Max lets you number saved files

incrementally and make automatic backup files

at specified time intervals. The options to set up

Increment On Save and Backup On Save are on the

Files panel (page 3–819) of the Preference Settings

dialog.