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XRef Record List Right-Click Menu 403
You can assign a prox y object using the Proxy
Object rollout (page 3–414).
Prox y R ender—Whether the prox y will be used
in the rendering. Displays “–––” when the XRef
object w i ll be rendered and “Enabled” when the
proxy object w il l be rendered.
Prox y Name—Name of the proxy object that will be
used as the XRef object.
Proxy File Name—Name of the file that contains the
proxy object to use for the XRef object.
Prox y Path—Pathofthefilefortheproxyobjectto
usefortheXRefobject.
XRef R ecord L is t R ight -Cli ck M en u
Filemenu>XRefObjects>XRefObjectsdialog>
Right-click the list of XRef Record list.
This contextual menu appears in the XRef Objects
dialog (page 3–397) when you right-click the XRef
Record list. It provides additional options for
managing the list.
Some of the options on this menu are unavailable
unless you have high lig hted an XRef record.
Inter face
Create X Ref R ecord fr om File—Launches an Open
Filedialogsoyoucanselectthesourcefileforyour
XRef record. When you a select a file, the XRef
Merge dialog (page 3–406) appears.
Any transform animation assigned to the source
objectscanbemergedalongwiththeXRefobject,
butitwillnotbeupdatedwiththesourceobject.
Note: If you w ant to maintain externally referenced
transforms,materials,andmanipulators,make
sure Merge Transforms, Merge Materials, and
MergeManipulatorsintheXRefObjectsdialogare
off before you click Create XRef Record from File.
Remove XRef Record—Deletes the highlighted
XRef record(s) after you confirm the action. All
entities associated with the highlighted record(s)
are removed from the scene.
Note: Once you have removed an XRef record, you
cannot undo this action.
File Submenu
Open—Opens the source file. If you have not
saved changes to the (current) master file, 3ds Max
prompts you to do so.
Browse—Displays the Open File dialog that enables
you to browse for a new s ource file. The file you
choose replaces the highlighted XRef record in the
XRef Objects dialog. Avai lable only when a single
file is highlighted.
Reveal Location in Explorer—Launches Windows
Explorer, open to the folder in which the
highlightedsourcefileresideswiththesourcefile
highlighted. Available only when a single file is
highlighted.
Strip Path—Removes path information f rom the
file name, saving only the file name. The source file
location is saved relative to the master file location.
Wa rn in g : If you strip the path before you have saved the
master file, the record’s XR efs c an become unresolved.
This i s because there is no location for the Un titled,
unsaved MAX scene.
Resolve Path to UNC Location—
If the record’s file
name has had its path stripped, this option restores
the f ull path name.
Co mbine XRef Records—Click to combine the
contents of more than one XRef record from the
same source file into one record. This is useful
when you want to clean up the organization of
your XRef records. Rather than having multiple
records of the same file, you can group all of the
objects, controllers, and materials f rom that fi le