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804 Chapter 22: Customizing the User Interface
Image B utton—
Lets you assign an image (icon) to
thebutton.Youcanuseanypredefinediconthat
you want by selecting it from the displa y on the
right.
Group—Displays a list of button categories.
The groups of icons change with each category
selection.
Odd Only —Certain icon sets, like Internal, Classic,
Main toolbar and others, are designed in pairs that
show what the tool looks like when the button
is enabled, and what it looks like when disabled.
When Odd Only is turned on, only the odd
numbered icons (enabled) are displayed, when
Odd Only is turned off, al l of the icons, enabled
and disabled, are displayed.
S av ing a nd Loa ding Cus tom
User I nterf aces
You can customize your workspace by saving and
loading custom user interface (UI) schemes.
A custom UI scheme is saved as a set of six files:
• .cui : Stores toolbar and panel layouts.
• .clr : Stores all color settings (except quad menu
colors).
• .mnu: Stores menu bar and quad menu
contents.
• .qo p: Stores quad menu colors, layout, and
behavior.
• .kb d: Stores keyboard shortcut assignments.
• .ui: Stores the icon scheme (Classic or 2D Black
and White).
You can load and save each of these files
individually from their respective panels in the
Customize User Interface dialog (page 3–792).You
canalsoloadanentiresetofUIschemefilesat
once with the Load Custom UI Scheme dialog (page
3–805), and you can save the current UI scheme as
a complete set with the Save Custom UI Scheme
dialog (page 3–806).
By default, two sets of UI schemes are present in
the 3dsmax\UI\ folder: ma xstart and defaultUI.
Upon star tup, 3ds Max uses the maxstart file series
ifitexists;ifnot,itusesthedefaultui series.
Wa rn in g : Do not save over any files th at begin with
defaultUI, as doing so will permanently overwrite the
default UI scheme.
Procedures
To load a custom UI scheme:
1.
Set up the custom UI scheme within 3ds Max
usingtheoptionsontheCustomizemenu>
Customize User Inter face dialog (page 3–792).
2. SavethecustomUIschemewithCustomize
menu > Save Custom UI Scheme.
3. During your current 3ds Max session or any
later session, choose Customize menu > Load
Custom UI Scheme.
4. IntheLoadCustomUISchemedialog,selecta
type of customization file (.cui, .mnu, .clr, .kbd,
.qmo,or.ui)fromtheFilesofTypedrop-down
list.
5. Chooseanyfilewiththeappropriateextension.
The software will search for (and load) any
othertypeofUIschemefilewiththesamebase
file name.
If you choose a UI scheme for which one of
the six file types is not present, the p art of the
user interface for which there is no file will not
be changed.
To retur n to the default UI scheme:
If you start 3ds Max and its user interface has an
unfamiliarlayout,youcanalwaysreturntothe
default UI scheme.