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Contents ix
New Schematic View ....... ....................... ................. 652
Delete Schematic View ............................................ 652
Saved Schematic Views............................................ 653
Schematic View Selection R ight-Click Menu ......... 653
Layers .................................................................... 655
Using Layers to Organize a Scene ........................... 655
Layer Manager ........................................................ 656
Layer Properties Dialog........................................... 662
Layer List ................................................................. 666
Create New Layer .................................................... 667
Add Selection to Current Layer ...... ........................ 667
Select Objects in Current Layer .............................. 667
Set Current Layer to Selection’s Layer .................... 667
21 User Inter face ..................................... ......669
User Interface .......................................................... 669
Additional Keyboard Commands............. .............. 669
Toggling Dialogs...................................................... 670
Starting 3ds Max from the Command Line............ 671
Menu B ar............................................................... 672
Menu Bar ................................................................. 672
File Menu......................................... ........................ 673
Edit Menu................................................................ 673
Tools Menu .............................................................. 674
Group Menu ............................................................ 674
Views Menu ..................................... ........................ 675
Create Menu ............................................................ 675
Modifiers Menu............................... ........................ 678
reactor Menu ........................................................... 681
Animation Menu..................................................... 681
Graph Editors Menu................................................ 682
Rendering Menu...................................................... 683
Customize Menu ..................................................... 683
MAXScript Interface ........................................ ....... 684
Help Menu............................................................... 684
Toolbars................................................................. 685
Toolbars ................................................................... 685
Main Toolbar........................................................... 686
Axis Constraints Toolbar ........................................ 687
Layers Toolbar ......................................................... 688
reactor Toolbar ................ ....................... ................. 688
Extras Toolbar ......................................................... 688
Render Shortcuts Toolbar ....................................... 689
Snaps Toolbar.......................................................... 690
Animation Layers Toolbar ...................................... 690
Brush Presets To olbar................................ .............. 690
Brush Preset Manager ............................................. 692
Right-Click Menu for Scripted Toolbar Buttons..... 693
Quad Menu............................................................ 694
Quad Menu.............................................................. 694
Additional Quad Menu s.......................................... 696
Animation Quad Menu........................................... 697
Status Bar Controls ............................................... 698
Status Bar Controls.................................................. 698
Prompt Line .............. .............................................. 699
MAXScript Mini Listener ....................................... 699
Status Line .............................................................. 701
Time Slider .............................................................. 701
Tr ack Bar ................................................................. 703
Selection Lock Toggle ......... .................................... 707
Coordinate Display .......................... ....................... 708
Grid Setting Display ............................................... 709
Time Tag .................................................................. 710
Add Time Tag Dialog .............................................. 710
Edit Time Tag Dialog .............................................. 711
Communication Center ........................................ 712
Communication Center ......................................... 712
Using Communication Center......... ....................... 713
Configur ing Communication Center .................... 713
Refreshing the Content............................................ 715
Receive New Information Notifications ................. 716
Animation and Time Controls.............................. 716
Animation and Time Controls................................ 716
Auto Key Animation Mode .................................... 717
Set Key Animation Mode........................................ 718
Default In/Out Tangents For New Keys .................. 721
Go To Start .............................................................. 722
Previous Frame/Key ............................................... 723
Play/Stop ................................................................. 723
Next Frame/Key ...................................................... 724
Go To End ............................................................... 724
Current Frame (Go To Frame) ............................... 724
Key Mode ................................................................ 724
Time Configur ation ................................................ 725
V iewport Controls ................................................ 729
Viewport Controls................................................... 729
Viewport Right-Click Menu ................................... 731
V iewport Navigation ............................................ 735
Viewport Navigation........................ ....................... 735
Controls Available in All V iewports .................... 737
Zoom Extents All, Zoom Extents All Selected ....... 737
Maximize Viewport Toggle .............................. ...... 738
Walkthr ough Controls for Perspective a nd
Camera V iewpor ts ............................................. 738
Pan/Truck and Walkthrough Flyout ....................... 738
Walk Through Button ............................................ 738
Perspective and Orthographic V iewpor t
Controls .............................................................. 738