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Dis play Color R oll out
Display panel > Display Color rollout
The Display Color rollout specifies whether
3ds Max displays objects using their object colors
or their diffuse material colors (page 3–929),when
the objects have their display propert ies (page
1–117) set to By O bjec t. If the display properties
of an object is set to By Layer, the layer color
w i ll be used for the display. You can choose one
method for wireframe display and a different one
for shaded display. In each shading mode you can
specify whether the material or the object color
is used.
As a default, al l new objects have their display
properties set to By Layer. The default can be
changed in Customize > Preferences > Preferences
dialog > General panel > Layer Defaults group. If
you turn off Default To By Layer For New Nodes,
all new objects created in 3ds Max will display in
the v iewports based on the settings in the Display
Color rollout. You can switch individual objects
between By Object and By Layer by setting the
Display Properties i n the Object Properties dialog
(page 1–117), accessible by right-clicking any
selected object.
If the object color box displays black and white
rectangles, this indicates that the object has its
display properties set to By Layer.
Inter face
Wireframe— Controls the color of objects when the
viewport is in wireframe display mode.
Object Color—Displays the wireframes in object
color.
Material Color —Displays the wireframes using the
material color.
Shaded—Controls the color of the object when the
viewport is in any shaded display mode.
Object Color—Displays the shaded objects using
the object color.
Material Color—Displays the shaded objec ts using
the m aterial color.
Hide B y Ca tegor y R ollout
Displaypanel>HideByCategoryrollout
The Hide By Category rollout toggles the display
of objects by category (objects, cameras, lights,
and s o on).
By default, 3ds Max displays all objects in the
scene. Objects hidden by category aren’t evaluated
in the scene, so hidi ng objects by category
improves performance.
Yo u c a n u s e a n y o f t h e d e f a u l t d i s p l a y f i l t e r s
provided, or add new display filters for fast
selection of objects to hide.