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792 Chapter 22: Customizing the User Interface

COM/DCOM Server Control Utility

Utilities p ane l > Utilities rol lout > More button >

COM/DCOM S erver Control

The COM/DCOM Server Control utility supports

plug-ins and third-party programs that use the

COM (Component Object Model). The idea

behind the COM is to expose the core of 3ds Max

so applications can invoke 3ds Max to generate

images.

The COM facility is intended for application

developers. For more information about

applications development with 3ds Max, see the

description of the COM object interface in the help

file (sdk.chm) for the 3ds Max Plug-In Software

Development Kit (SDK).

Procedure

To register 3ds Max as a DCOM ser ver:

Start 3ds Max and go the Utilities panel. Click

More, choose COM/DCOM Server Control,

and then click OK.

2. IfthebuttonintheCOM/DCOMServer

Control rollout says Register, then click it. If it

says Unregister, then do nothing, as 3ds Max is

already registered.

Now3dsMaxisregisteredasaDCOMserver

and an instance of it can be created from any

COM client.

Note: Not all products include this utility.

You can build it from the source located in

\maxsdk\samples\utility\comsrv\.Copythe

resulting comsrvui.dlu to the 3ds Max \plugins

director y.

It is also possible to register a nd unregister from

the command line. There are two command-line

options that can be passed to 3ds Max:

3DSMAX -RegisterMAXRenderer

3DSMAX -UnregisterMAXRenderer

Customize User Inter face

Dia log

Customize menu > Customize User Interface

The Customize User Interface dialog lets you create

an entirely customized user interface, including

shortcuts, quad menus, menus, toolbars, and

colors. You can also add commands and macro

scripts by select ing either a text or icon button to

represent the command or script on the toolbar.

Most commands in the 3ds Max user interface

appear in this dialog as action items.Anaction

item is simply a command that you can assign to a

keyboardshortcut,toolbar,quadmenu,ormenu.

The Keyboard, Toolbars, Quads, and Menus

panels of this dialog show tables of action items

that you can assign. (Tables in the Colors p anel

list UI elements, instead.)

Note: A few action items don’t correspond to

any elements in the default user interface. See

Additional Ke yboard Commands (page 3–669).

Keyboard Panel (page 3–793)

Toolbars Panel (page 3–794)

Quads Panel (page 3–795)

Menus Panel (page 3–798)

Colors Panel (page 3–799)