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Assigned To—
Displays the action a shortcut is
assignedtoiftheshortcutyou’veenteredisalready
assigned.
Assign—Activates when you enter a keyboard
shortcut in the Hotkey field. When you click
Assign, it transfers the shortcut information to the
Action list on the left side of the dialog.
Remove—Removesallshortcutsfortheselected
action in the Action list on the left side of the
dialog.
Wri te K ey boar d Char t—DisplaystheSaveFileAs
dialog. Allows you to save any changes you ’ve
made to keyboard shortcuts to a TXT file that you
can print.
Loa d—Displays the Load Shortcut File dialog.
Allowsyoutoloadcustomshortcuts,fromaKBD
file into your scene.
Save—DisplaystheSaveShortcutFileAsdialog.
Allowsyoutosaveanychangesyou’vemadetothe
shortcuts to a KBD file.
Reset—Resets any changes you’ ve made to the
shortcuts to the default setup (defaul tui.kbd).
Tool bar s Pa nel
Customize menu > Customize User Interface > Toolbars
tab
The Toolbars panel lets you edit existing toolbars
and create your own custom toolbars. You can
add, remove, and edit buttons on exi s ting toolbars,
or you can delete the toolbars entirely. You can
also create custom toolbars with both 3ds Max
commands and scripts.
Pr ocedur es
To create your own toolbar:
1.
Choose Customize menu > Customize User
Interface > Toolbars tab.
2. Click New.
The New Toolbar dialog appears.
3. Enter the name of the toolbar and click OK.
The new toolbar appears as a small floater.
To add a command to the toolbar:
1.
Choose Customize menu > Customize User
Interface > Toolbars tab.
You can also right-click the label of the toolbar
you just c reated, and then choose Customize.
2. Choose the toolbar you want to edit from t he
drop-down list.
3. There are three ways to add commands to the
toolbar:
• In the Customize User Interface dialog, drag
the command from the action list. If the
action has a default icon assigned to it (it
will be next to the command in the action
list), the icon will appear as a button on
your toolbar. If no icon is assigned to the
command, the name of the command will
appearasabuttononthetoolbar.
• CTRL+drag buttons from any toolbar onto
your toolbar. This creates a copy of the
button on your toolbar.
• ALT+drag buttons from any toolbar onto
your toolbar . This moves the button from
the original toolbar onto your toolbar.
To record a scr ipt and add it to a toolbar :
1.
Open a MAXScr ipt Listener window, by doing
one of the following:
• Choose Utilities panel > MAXScript >
MAXScript rollout > Open Listener.
•Right-clickaviewportlabel,andthen
choose Views > Extended > M AXScript
Listener.
2. Choose MAXScript menu > Macro Recorder.