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Pr es et E di ti ng

File menu > File Link Manager > Presets panel > Click a

preset > Modify

Utilities panel > Util itie s rollout > More button > File Link

Manager > Presets panel > Click a preset > Modify

After you ’ve created a preset, you can use this

function to adjust its settings. For instance, you

mightwanttomakesureWeldison,orperhapsto

include lights or views (cameras).

Pr ocedur es

To edit or modify a preset:

On the Presets panel of the File Lin k Manager,

choose a named preset.

2. Click Modify.

The File Link Settings dialog (page 3–428) is

displayed.

3. From the Basic, Advanced and Spline

Rendering panels, ma ke the settings you want

associated with the preset and click Save.

Di ff er ences B etween L ay er s an d

Blocks in AutoCAD and 3ds Max

AutoCAD has special handling for objects in t he

block definition that are associated with layer 0 .

When a block contains objects on layer 0, and

those objects have a color property of "ByLayer" or

"ByBlock", the color of the object is determined

either by the color of the block or by the layer

assigned to the block reference (page 3–917) in

AutoCAD. When blocks are nested, this color

system can get complex.

Select Layers Dialog

File menu > File Link Manag er > Files panel > Reload

button > File Link Settings dialog > Advanced panel >

Select Layers to Include button

Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File

Link Manager > Files panel > Reload button > File Link

Settings dialo g > Advanced panel > Select Layers to

Include button

This dialog lets you toggle a layer’s i nclude/exclude

status and choose other options, as described in

this topic.

Note: You toggle the include/exclude status of a

layerbyclickinganywhereonarowinthelistof

layers. The dialog lists included layers with a check

mark to the left of the layer name. This list of

included layers is retained for subsequent reloads

of the linked file. For informational purposes,

thepropertyiconsdisplaythestateofthelayers’

properties, but you c an’t change their status in this

dialog.