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intro
What ’s New in 3ds M ax 9 Ex tension
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This latest release of 3ds Max brings compelling
new features and value to the problems you face
onaday-by-daybasis.Thisshortguideistohelp
you understand what those features are and how
they can help you.
Note: This topic doesn’t comprehensivel y list all
the changes in 3ds Max. As you proceed through
the documentation, keep an eye out for the
icon, which designates a new feature. You can also
use the index in this reference to identify topics
that contain information about new features in the
program. For topics that describe new program
features, check the index entry "n ew feature". For
changes in existing features, check the index en try
"changed feature".
Followingisalistofmajornewfeatureswithbrief
descriptions and links to the relevant reference
topic:
General Improvements
• ThenewSamplefunctionintheColor Selector
dialog (page 1–161) lets you grab colors from
anywhere on the screen.
• Parameter wiring (page 2–412) is made easier
w ith the dialog’s new abilit y to list only nodes
that are selected in the scene.
• Gettingarenderedimageintoabitmapeditor
is a snap with the Rendered Frame W indow’s
(page 3–5) newCopyBitmapfunction.
Scene a nd P roj ect M a na gement
• 3ds Max supports mult iple materials per object
in DWG files expor ted as ACIS solids from
Revit Architecture/Structure/MEP 2008 and
later, as well as solid primitives created in
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 (formerly ADT)
and later. See Support of Multiple Materials on
Imported ACIS Solids (page 3–537).
• DWF Export (page 3–555) now supports named
camera views, so you can choose different views
by name in t he DWF Viewer program.
• Reloading XRef items works correctly even
whenanobjectinthesourcescenehasbeen
renamed, or deleted and then re-created with
thesamename.
•ThenewSelect Similar (page 1–88) command
lets you select all items in an imported or linked
DWG file with the same style(s) (page 3–461),
as defined i n AutoCAD Architecture.
Introduction