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Choose Yes to go ahead and overwrite the original file, No to stop the Save.
If you choose No, you can use
Save As on page 6724 to save the file under a
different name.
If you save to the original file name, you can still edit it using the current
version of the software, but you will no longer be able to edit it in earlier
versions of 3ds Max.
Interface
When you save a scene, you also save the program settings. When you open
the file again, it opens with the same viewport configuration, view and zoom
levels, snap and grid settings, and so on.
You can incrementally number saved files, and make automatic backup files
at specified time intervals. These options, Increment On Save and Backup On
Save, are on the
Files panel on page 7541 of the Preference Settings dialog.
Save As
File menu > Save As
Save As lets you save the current scene filein MAX or CHR format under a
different file name.
A CHR file is a character file saved with Save Character. For more information
on the CHR file format, see
Character Assembly on page 217 and Save
Character
on page 243 .
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