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Missing XRef Paths Dialog 415
Inter face
Enable—When on, displays the specified proxy
object in the viewports. When off, displays the
original XRef object. Note: If you turn this on
when no proxy object has been specified, the XRef
objectappearsintheviewportsasasmallX.
Use in R endering—When on, the proxy object is
also displaye d in the rendering . When off, the
original XRef object is rendered.
File Name field—Specify t he path and file name of
the scene file containing the proxy object.
Path b utton—Click to display the Open File
dialog from which you can specify the scene file
containing the proxy object.
Object Name f ield—Specifies the name of the proxy
object in the specified scene.
Path button—Click to display the XRef Merge
dialog listing the objec ts in the specified scene file.
From here, you can select an object to be used as
the proxy.
Missing XR ef Paths Dialog
File menu > Open > Open a file that references other
missing files.
IfyouloadorrenderascenewithXRefs,butthe
originally specified path of the XRef object or
scene can’t be found, or if the XRef object name
doesn’t match the object name in the source file,
an aler t appears telling you this. The aler t works
inthesamewayasthemissingbitmapdialog,and
provides you with three options, described below .
Interfa ce
OK —Lets you open the file. The referenced scene
will have placeholders, but will not exist in the
scene.
Browse—Displays the Configure XRefs Paths
dialog which you can use to specify the correct file
path. This lets you modify, delete, add, and change
the list position of the paths 3ds Max uses to look
for missing files.
This panel is similar to the one displayed by
choosingCustomize>ConfigureUserPaths>
XRefs (page 3–812).
If this problem occurs during network rendering,
the dialog doesn’t appear, but the er rors are written
to the network log file.