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520 Chapter 20: Managing Scenes and Projects
See also
Manage Scene States Dialog (page 3–520)
Batch Rendering - Batch Render Dialog (page
3–203)
Manage S cene States Dialog
Tools menu > Manage Scene States
Right-click to open the quad menu. > Display (upper-right
quadrant) > Manage Scene States
The Manage Scene States dialog is a modeless
dialog where you can select, save, rename, and
delete scene states (page 3–518).
Pr ocedur es
To save a scene state:
1.
Set up the scene in the viewport.
Tip: It is best to first render the scene to see if it
is set up the way you want before sav ing it. If
it isn’t, ma ke the desired changes and render
again before proceeding to the next step.
2. Right-click in a viewport and choose Save
SceneStatefromthequadmenu.
3. IntheSaveSceneStatedialog,highlightthe
parts you want saved in the scene st ate, then
enteradescriptivename. Fordescriptionsof
these parts, see Managing Scene States (page
3–518).
4. Click the Save button. This saves the scene state
to the MAX file.
To restore a scene state:
1.
Right-click in a viewport and choose Restore
SceneStatefromthequadmenu.
2. Choose t he scene state to restore from t he flyout
list.
3. Highlight the parts you want restored w ith the
scene state. Only the parts that were originally
saved with the scene state are listed.
4. Click Restore.
Thescenestateisrestoredintheviewport.
To rename a scene state:
1.
Right-click in a view port and choose Manage
Scene States from the quad menu.
2. In the scene st ate list, highlight the scene state
you want to rename.
3. Click the Rename button.
4. IntheRenameSceneStatedialog,enteranew
name for the scene state.
5. Click OK. The new name is displayed in the
scene state list.
To delete a scene state:
1.
RightclickinaviewportandchooseManage
Scene States from the quad menu.
2. In the scene st ate list, highlight the scene state
you want to delete.
3. Click the Delete button. The scene state is
deleted from the MAX file.
Note: You can undo to restore the deleted scene
state.
To save changes to an existing scene state:
1.
In the Manage Scene States dialog, h ighlight the
scene state you want to overwrite.
2. Click t he Save button.
The Scene State Manager displays a message
confirming if you want to overwrite the scene
state.
3. Click OK.