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Update Dur ing Spinner Dra g
Views menu > Update During Spinner Drag
When Up date Dur ing Spinner Drag is on, dragg ing
a spinner (such as a Radius spinner for a sphere)
updates t he effects in real time in the viewports.
Default=on.
When Update During Spinner Drag is off, the
effect is updated after the drag, when you release
the mouse. Use this option when you’re adjusting
processor-intensive controls.
Exper t Mode
Views menu > Exper t M o de
Keyboard > Ctr l +X
WhenExpertmodeison,thetitlebar,toolbar,
command panel, status bar, and all of the viewport
navigation buttons are removed from the display,
leaving only the menu bar, time slider, and
viewports. Use Expert mode when you need to
view your composition alone without the rest of
the interface.
With the ability to customize the user interface
in 3ds Max, you can create your own versions
of Expert mode by hiding whatever you want
item-by-item. Expert mode is only a quick way to
hide everything that can be hidden at once.
You can assign keyboard shortcuts to hide and
unhide the command panel, toolbars, and so on
and then use these w hi le in Expert mo de. You can
also use the quad menu to access tools quickly in
Expert mode as well.
Pr ocedur es
To tur n on E xpert mode, do one of the f ollowing:
• Choose Views menu > Exp ert Mode.
•Press
Ct rl +X .
To tur n off Ex per t mode and r eturn to full display,
do one of the foll owing:
• Click the Cancel Expert Mode button to the
right of the time slider.
•Press
Ct rl +X .
•ChooseViewsmenu>ExpertMode.
Controlling Object Display
Yo u u s e t h e D i s p l a y p a n e l o r layers (page 3–655)
to control how objects and selected objects are
displayed in viewports, and to hide or f reeze
objects.
Yo u c a n a l s o u s e layers (page 3–655) to hide or
unhide objects in the v iewport.
Tip: Yo u c a n a l s o u s e t h e Isolate Selection command
(page 1–73) to hide everything except your
selection set.
Display Color Rollout ( page 1–52)
Hide By Category Rollout (page 1–52)
Hide Rollout (page 1–53)
Freeze Rollout (page 1–54)
Display Properties Rollout (page 1–55)
Link D i splay Rollout (page 1–58)
Object D isplay Culling Utilit y (page 1–58)
See also
Object Prop erties (page 1–117)