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Configure Direct3D Dialog 845
Inter face
Implementation-Specific Settings: Geometry
group
Display All Triangle Edges—When on, all triangle
edges are displayed in shaded viewports. When
off, triangle ed ges are not displayed. Default=on.
Turni ng off th is opt ion c an improve v iew por t
appearance, but at a cost of display performance.
Use Cached D3 DXM eshes—When on, enables
3ds Max to use custom driver code to render
smoothly shaded objects. Typically this is
much faster than using standard Direct3D
code, but has a n effect only when the driver has
hardware-specific custom code. Default=on.
Use Wi ref r ame Faces—When on, makes wireframe
display accessible to hardware acceleration.
Default=on.
This option is intended to allow display-card
manufacturerstoaccelerate3dsMaxwireframe
displays in a way that is specific to the underlying
display hardware. Check with your display-card
manufacturer to see if enabling this option will
yield faster wireframe rendering with your display
card.
Use Tr ia ngle S tr i ps —Strips all geometric data out
before sending it to the d river. In some cases, such
as when topology is constantly changed, the time
taken to strip the geometr y can cause a slowdown
instead. In such cases, turn off this option.
Otherwise, leave it on for speed. Default=on.
This option has one subordinate option:
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For Wirefra me Objects —When on, uses triangle
strips for wireframe objects. Default=off.
Implementation- Specific Settings: Window
Updates group
Redr aw Scene On Wi ndow Ex pose—Redraws the
whole scene w hen a dialog over the viewports
is moved, resulting in smoother dragging of
dialogs such as the Material Editor or Track View.
However, redrawing takes some time. Default=on.
If your 3ds Max display easi ly becomes messy or
"corrupted," turn this option on and then redraw
viewports by choosing Views > Redraw All Views
(the default keyboard shortcut for this is the 1 key
on the numeric keypad).
This option has two subordinate options. How
you should s et them depends on how the display
card handles its back buffer, which is used for