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settings, and many important default settings, are
also on the Customize menu.
Tip: You can access many of these commands
with keyboard shortcuts or right-click options.
For example, you can display the Grid and
Snap Settings dialog by right-clicking the Snaps
buttons on the main toolbar; you can display the
View port Configuration dialog by right-clicking
the viewport lab el, and then choosing Configure.
Menu bar > MAXScript
Utilities panel > MAXScript
MAXScript (page 1–xvii) is the software’s
built-in scr ipting language. Its main interface,
the MAXScript menu, contains t he following
commands for creating and working with scripts:
New Scr ipt (page 3–781)
Open Script (page 3–781)
Run S cript (page 3–781)
MAXScript Listener (page 3–781)
Macro Recorder (page 3–782)
Visual MAXScript Editor (page 3–783)
MAXScript Debugger Dialog (page 3–783)
In addition, the status bar (page 3–698) contains
a MAXScript Mini Listener (page 3–699),and
MAXScript functionality is also available from the
Utilities panel (page 3–778).
For detailed information about MAXScript, open
theMAXScriptReference,availablefromHelp
menu > MAXScript Reference.
Help M enu
Menu bar > Help
The Help menu provides access to the 3ds Max
online reference systems.
Welcome S creen—Displays the Welcome Screen
dialog that opens by default when you f irst run
3ds Max.
User Ref er ence—Opensthe3dsMaxUser
Reference online.
Note: When you open the User Reference from the
Help menu, you are actually opening an umbrella
reference that contains entries for 3ds Max
and Backburner. You can access each of these
references individually from the Windows Start
menu, and in the \help directory of your 3ds Max
installation.
MA XScri pt R efer ence—Displays the MAXScript
Reference online. See About MAXScript (page
1–xvii).
Tu torials —Displays the online tutorials for
3ds Max.
Data Ex cha nge Solutions—Opens your Web
browser to a page about software for exchanging
data among applications.
Subscript ion e-Lear ning Catalog—Opens your
Webbrowsertoapageaboutelectroniclearning
content for subscribers.
Create S upport R equest —Opens your Web browser
to a page about obtaining technical support.
V iew Suppor t R equests—Opens your Web browser
to a page about existing requests for technical
support.
Edit Subscription Center Profile—Opens your
Web browser to a page that lets you edit your
subscription profile.
Hotk ey M ap—Displays the Hotkey Map.
Additiona l Hel p—Displays a dialog that lets you
choose to display the help for installed th ird-p a rty
plug-ins and for add-on products from Autodesk.
By default, this command looks for additional
help files in the \help subdirectory. That location