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might have changed if you’ve edited plug-in path
settings. See 3rd P arty Plug-Ins P ath Configuration
(page 3–814).
3ds Max on the Web—Displays a submenu whose
options display a Web page w ith additional
information.
Online Support—Displays the Autodesk
3ds Max Support site.
Updates—Displays the 3ds Max Downloads
sect ion of the Support And Services site.
Resources—Displays t he Autodesk 3ds Max
Resources page.
Part ner s—Displays the Autodesk 3ds Max
Partners page.
Training—Displays the Autodesk Media And
Entertainment Training page.
Activate 3 ds Ma x Starts the 3ds Max registration
wizard, which lets you enter a new license
authorization code. For example, you need to
reauthorize 3ds Max if you’re changing from a trial
license to a permanent license.
License Bor rowing—If you are using a
network-licensed version of 3ds Max, use this
choice to borrow or return a license. For details,
see the AutoCAD License Borrowing help, which is
available as the file acad_brw.chm,installedinthe
\program files\common files\autodesk shared\enu
folder on your local drive (typically, drive C:).
About 3ds Max—Displays copyright and license
information about your copy of 3ds Max.
See also
Using the Online Reference (page 3–873)
Tool bar s
Many of the commands in 3ds Max are available
as buttons on various toolbars. By default, two
toolbars are displayed: the main toolbar (page
3–686) and t he reactor (page 3–688) toolbar. By
default, the m ain toolbar is docked at the top of
the interface. You can, however, place the toolbars
wherever you want. See Customizing the User
Interface (page 3–785) for more information.
Several additional toolbars are hidden by default:
Axis Constraints (page 3–687), Layers (page
3–688), Extras (page 3–688), Render Shortcuts
(page 3–689), Brush Presets (page 3–690),and
Snaps (page 3–690). To turn any of them on,
right-click a blank area of the main toolbar and
choose the toolbar’s name from the list. You can
usethismethodtoturnanytoolbaronoroff.
See Customize Display Right-Click Menu (page
3–787) for more information.
See also
Main Toolbar (page 3–686)
Axis Constraints Toolbar (page 3–687)
Layers Toolbar (page 3–688)
reactor Toolbar (page 3–688)
Extras Toolbar (page 3–688)
Render Shortcuts Toolbar (page 3–689)
Snaps Toolbar (page 3–690)
Animation L ayers Toolbar (page 3–690)
Brush Presets Toolbar (page 3–690)