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Note: You can give any title to the director y
(myremote or anotherdir, in this case) and the
directory can be any local or remote directory.
In addition, the INI file can have any name.
4. Save plugin.ini and exit the text editor.
Thenexttimeyoustartthesoftware,itwill
load plug-ins from the directories defined in
plugin.ini,aswellasthoseinanyremoteINIfile
that has been included in plugin.ini.
YoucanaddasmanyremoteINIfilesasyou
need, making it easy to organize groups of
plug-ins.
Pr efer ences
Customize menu > Preferences
3dsMaxoffersmanyoptionsforitsdisplayand
operation. These options are available on the
Preference Settings dialog in a series of tabbed
panels.
The Preference Settings dialog contains the
following panels:
General Prefe rences (page 3–815)
File Preferences (page 3–819)
View port Preferences (page 3–821)
Gamma and LUT Preferences (page 3–824)
Rendering Preferences (page 3–826)
Animation Preferences (page 3–828)
Inverse Kinematics Preferences (page 3–830)
Gizmos Preferences (page 3–832)
MAXScript Preferences (page 3–834)
Radiosity Preferences (page 3–836)
mental ray Preferences (page 3–837)
General Preferences
Customize menu > Preferences > Preferences dialog >
General tab
On the General panel of the Preference Settings
dialog, you se t options for the user interface and
for interactivity.