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3DS MAX 2015 :

AUTODESK 3DS MAX 2015

Autodesk

: Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 Main Undo and Redo: Ease of Use .1

Toolbar Small Annoying Things : Inset Polygons Swift Loops Viewport

Navigation Controls.

Combined Scene : Scene Management .2Explorer / Layer Explorer State Sets Improvements

Adobe Photoshop and Adobe : After Effects .

Python libraries MAXScript : Scripting .3and Python tools : The 3ds Max Python API.

IGES files: Data Exchange .4 .Body Objects

Main Toolbar Placement Tool: Modeling .5 Point Cloud Chamfer Modifier Quad Chamfer

Snaps Grid and Snap Settings.

Populate: Character Animation .6Ribbon .

: Particle Flow .7 .Particle View Navigator

. Material XML Exporter Utility : Material Editing .8 .DirectX Shaders Material ShaderFX

ShaderFX Editor: Hardware Shading .9 .. HLSL

Stereo Camera plug-in: Cameras .10 .apps.exchange.autodesk.com

Rendering :ActiveShade Improvements, NVIDIA iray Renderer, and .11State Sets Improvements.

.Accelerated Viewport Performance: Viewports .12

: Help .13 .Small Annoying Things to Fix

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3DS MAX 2015 :

Autodesk 3DS MAX 2015 :

Exploring The Interface 6 1 Controlling And Configuring The Viewports 22 2

Importing Working With Files 3 Exporting 41

Setting Preferences 57 4

Manipulating Objects : Creating And Editing Primitive Objects 77 5 Layers 90 Selecting Objects 6

Snapping 110 Aligning Pivoting Transforming Objects 7

Arrays 130 Cloning Objects 8 Parenting Objects 141 Linking Grouping 9

XRefs Containers : 10 Schematic View 148

Modeling 3D Assets) : (

Modifiers Subobjects 11 Modifier Stack 176

DRAWING and Editing 2D Splines and Shapes 193 12

Modeling with Polygons 219 13

Graphite Modeling Tools 14 Painting with Objects 241

Compound Objects 271 15 Mesh Modifiers 282 Deforming Surfaces 16

Materials And Textures Applying :

Slate Material Editor 320 Standard 17

Adding Material Details with Maps 347 18 Specialized Material Types 385 19 397 Compound Materials 20 ShaderFX Editor 410 Shaders 21 Mapping Textures 422 Unwrapping UVs 22

Painting in the Viewport Canvas 23 Rendering Surface Maps 442

Normal Maps 456 Backed Textures 24

Lighting Cameras Backgrounds : Configuring and Aiming Cameras 464 25

3DS MAX 2015 :

Matching Perspective to Background Images 477 26

Basic Lighting Techniques 481 27 Sunlight and Daylight Systems 501 28 Radiosity 506 Tracing 29

Rendering A Scene : Quicksilver 517 Rendering a Scene 30 Managing Render States 532 31 Rendering with mental ray and iray 539 32

Compositing with Render Elements and the Video Post Interface 555 33

Animating Objects and Scenes : Animation and Keyframes 573 34 Simple Controllers 592 Constraints 35 Exploring the Complex Controllers 608 36

Using Animation Layers and Animation Modifiers 630 37

Wiring Parameters 646 38 Track View 653 Animation Curves 39

Characters : Bones 680 Kinematics Rigging 40 Skinning Characters 695 41 CAT 709 42 Creating Crowds and Using Populate 752 43

Adding Special Effects : Creating Particles and Particle Flow 774 44 Space Warps 801 45 Render Effects 815 Atmospheric 46 Creating Volume Light Effects 832 47 Adding Lens Effects 837 48

Dynamic Animation Systems :

MassFX Simulating Physics - Based Motion with MassFX 851 49

Working with Hair and Cloth 867 50

3DS MAX 2015 :

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Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 " ". " !".

Autodesk (User Interface (UI .

Controls

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Navigation Controls .

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: Quick Access Toolbar -1

Project Save File Undo and Redo Folder New Scene

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. Modeling : Ribbon -3

Painting into the Scene Populate .

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Sorting Viewing : Scene Explorer -4

Filtering Selecting Object Renaming Modifying Creating Freezing Hiding Deleting

. Hierarchies : Viewport Layouts -5

. : Status Bar Controls -6

Selection Lock Toggle . Transform Type -In Grid .

: Viewport Label Menus -7 .Shading Style (Point Of View (POV

: Quad Menus -8

(Right Mouse Button (RMB .

: Time Slider -9 Timeline

Animation Frame . ) Scale Rotation Position(

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: Viewports -10 . Depth of Field Shadows Lighting

: Command Panel -11 .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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1 : Create and Play Back Animation -12

. : Viewport Navigation -13

Active Rotate Pan Zoom Viewports View .

Materials: (Slate Material Editor (M -14Maps . .

: Rendered Frame Window -15Rendering-Re . Render Presets

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Group, Views, Create, Modifiers, Animation, Graph Editors, Rendering, Customize, MAXScript, and Help .

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1 Alt

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Toolbars

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. Viewport Layout Tabs, Axis . :

Constraints, Layers, State Sets, Extras, Render Shortcuts, Snaps, Animation Layers, Containers, MassFX Toolbar, and Brush Presets .

Quick Access Toolbar

: Quick Access toolbar Undo Save File Open File New Scene

3DS MAX 2015 :

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1 Redo . Set Project Folder .Workspaces

Hide Menu Bar

Show below the Ribbon .

Main Toolbar

Layer Manager, Material Editor, and Render Setup Toggle .

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Buttons Flyouts Commas .

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Redo

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Unlink Selection

Bind to Space Warp

Selection Filter drop-down

list

Select Object (Q)

Select by Name (H)

Rectangular Selection Region

(Ctrl + F to cycle)

Circular Selection Region

Fence Selection Region

Lasso Selection Region

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Paint Selection Region

Window/Crossing Toggle

Select and Move (W)

Select and Rotate (E)

Select and Uniform Scale

(R to cycle) Select and Non-uniform Scale

Select and Squash

Select and Place

Reference Coordinate System

drop-down list

Use Pivot Point Center

Use Selection Center

Transform Coordinate Center

Select and Manipulate

Keyboard Shortcut Override

Toggle

Snap Toggle 2D

Snap Toggle 2.5D

Snap Toggle 3D (S)

Angle Snap Toggle (A)

Percent Snap

(Shift +Ctrl +P)

Spinner Snap Toggle

Edit Named Selection Sets

Named Selection Sets drop-down list

Mirror

3DS MAX 2015 :

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1

Modeling Ribbon

,Modeling, Freeform: Ribbon Selection, Object Paint, and Populate. .

. Ribbon

. Editable Poly Using the( 14 ) :Modeling with Polygons( 13 : Editable Poly

Graphite Modeling Tools.(

Align (Alt +A)

Quick Align

Normal Align (Alt +N)

Place Highlight

Align Camera

Align to View

Manage Layers

Graphite Modeling Tools

Curve Editor (Open)

Schematic View (Open)

Compact Material Editor (M)

Slate Material Editor (M)

Render Setup (F10)

Rendered Frame Window

Render Production

Render Iterative

ActiveShade

3DS MAX 2015 :

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1 Minimize .

Floating

Return .

Panels to Ribbon

Toggle Orientation .

Viewports

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Controlling And (Configuring The Viewports .(

3DS MAX 2015 :

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1 Command Panel

Settings Parameters . Controls

Modify Create : Display Motion Hierarchy . Utilities

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: Dock (Left or Right for theCommand Panel or Left, Right, Top, or Bottom

for Toolbars), Float, and Minimize .

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Object Type . Create Name and Color

Close Rollout

Open All Close All . Reset Rollout Order

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Interface Bar ControlsLower

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. (Expert Mode (Ctrl + X :

Time Slider :

Frame .

. Next Previous Track Bar :

Rotational Keys Positional Keys Parameter Change Keys Scale Keys

. . Open Mini Curve Editor

. Animation Function Curves

Status Bar . :

Transform Type In Selection Lock Toggle

Isolate Selection Toggle Grid

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Prompt Line :

3ds Max Time Tags Progressive Display. . Animation frames

Key Controls : :

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Viewport Navigation Controls : Zoom Active Rotate Pan

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(Right Mouse Button (RMB .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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1 Customize Customize User Interface . :

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Alt, Ctrl and Shift + Alt Snap Shift + RMB ( ):

RMB Animation Ctrl + RMB Shift + Alt + RMB MassFx Ctrl + Alt + RMB

.Rendering

Caddy Controls

. Command Panel

Caddy Controls Bevel and .

Extrude .

(X) . Apply(+)

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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1 Button Color Cues

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Set Key Auto Key . Time Slider

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. Snap Key

Mode Toggle Affect Pivot Only .

Drop-and-Drag

Material Editor, Background Image, View File, and Dialog Boxes

Environmental Settings . Material Editor Maps

Asset Windows Explorer Texture Image Manager Map .Windows Explorer .

Controlling Spinners

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General Preference Settings . .

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Update During Spinner Drag Ctrl + N. Views

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Paste

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1 Persistent Modeless

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(Application Button) Reset .

Workspaces

Workspaces Quick Access

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Manage. Reset to Default State Workspaces :

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1 (X)

Save as New Workspace MaxScript .

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Getting Help

. Max . Help

Welcome Screen

. . Essential Skill Movies . Show This Welcome Screen at Startup

. Help

3DS MAX 2015 :

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1 Search Command Feature

(X) Help Search 3ds Max Command

cat . CAT Muscle

InfoCenter Toolbar

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Suffixes / Prefixes (~) Single Character controller, construct, and : *con : .

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2 PT-328 U.S. Torpedo boat

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Navigation Gizmos

Viewpoints Viewports.

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. Navigation Gizmos

. Keyboard Shortcut

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 ViewCube

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: Views ViewCube Configure

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Set the Current View as Home or Front Orthographic

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SteeringWheels

ViewCube Zooming .

Panning SteeringWheels Gizmo .

Views

SteeringWheels Toggle SteeringWheels Shift + W .

Full Navigation Wheel Mini Full Navigation Wheel

. (X)

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 SteeringWheels

Tour View Object Wheel Building Wheel Walking Through Buildings . Full

Navigation Wheel :

Zoom :Pivot .Ctrl

. Orbit . :Ctrl. Pan. : Rewind . :Rewind

. Thumbnails .Transition

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2 Center :Pivot

. Orbiting Zooming Walk :Shift

. Look . : Up/Down . :

Scroll Wheel Mouse

. Scroll Wheel Mouse

Scroll Ctrl and Alt ( [ , ] )Wheel .Pans

Alt Rotates .

: . Undo View Change (Shift + Z) Views

Viewport Navigation Controls

ViewCube SteeringWheels Scroll Wheel Mouse

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Zoom (Alt +Z or [ or ])

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Zoom All .

Zoom Extents (Ctrl +Alt +Z) .

Zoom Extents Selected (Z) .

Zoom Extents All

(Ctrl +Shift +Z) .

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Walking Through a View

Walk Through .

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+ Shift( E, C . [ , ]() Z Shift + Spacebar )

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Zoom Extents All Selected .

Field-of-View .

Zoom Region (Ctrl +W) .

Pan View (Ctrl +P or I)

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2D Pan Zoom Mode .

Walk Through (Up arrow)

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Orbit .

Orbit Selected .

Orbit Subobject .

Maximize Viewport Toggle

(Alt +W) .

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 Maximizing The Active Viewport

Reset Layout . .

(Maximize Viewport Toggle (Alt +W .

(Views Expert Mode (Ctrl +X

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Cancel Expert Mode (Ctrl +X) . .Expert Mode

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 :

2 Controlling Camera and Spotlight Views

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. ($) Viewport Navigation Controls : .

Dolly Roll Truck Walk Through Pan . .Field-of-View Orbit

Spotlight

.Falloff Hotspots

Changing the Viewport Display

Viewport Navigation Controls Views

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: Views Undo View Change (Shift +Z) and Views Redo View Change (Shift +Y) .

. Point-of-View viewport label Redo (Ctrl (Undo (Ctrl +Z Edit Undo and Edit Redo:

+Y) .

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 . Views Save Active Viewport:

Views : . Restore Active Viewport .

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Disabling and Refreshing Viewports

(Disable Viewport (D .

>> Disabled

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2

Setting the Viewport Visual Style

Complex Scenes Render Display

Textures Updating .

Wireframe Orthographic

Shading Shading Perspective Viewport Label .

. Final Rendering

Redrawing the Viewports : . Escape

: Visual Style

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 Realistic (Shift+F3) . : Shaded. : Consistent Colors. : Edged Faces (F4) .: Facets. : Hidden Line :Polygon Edges . Wireframe :Polygon Edges . Bounding Box .: Clay : Deformations .

Lighting Textures Realistic Shadows High-Quality . Shaded

. Consistent Color . Phong Wireframe

Redrawing : . Top, Front, and Left Wireframe Perspective Realistic .

Bounding Box .

Viewing Stylized Scenes

Non-Photo Realistic

. Computationally Shading Viewport

label . : Graphite Color Pencil Ink Color Ink Acrylic

Pastel Tech . .

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 Enhancing the Viewport

Viewport Layout

Clipping View xView : . . Safe Frames

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. Viewport

Layout Tabs . .

. Views Viewport Configuration Layout:

+ Shift : .

. Cycling the Active Viewport

Displaying Safe Frames

Viewport Configuration Safe Frames : . Point-of-

View viewport label Show Safe Frames (Shift +F) .

: Live Area . :

Views Viewport( : Match Rendering Output Configuration Background (Live Area .

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 Action Safe . :

. Title Safe . : User Safe .: 12-Field Grid . ( :

. 12x9 4x3 )

. Show Safe Frames in Active View Show Safe Frames :

(Shift +F) .

Clipping Planes

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Redrawing .Rendered .

Point-of-View label Viewport Clipping

Back . Front Far Marker

Near Marker..

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2 ith xViewWroblems Pesh MLocating

Mesh Objects

Geometry Flipped Normal Overlapping Faces Open Edges .

. : Views xView : xView .

General Viewport Label xView .

: Anomalies xView

Show Statistics (7) :Polygons (Polys) Triangle (Tris) Edges Vertices (Verts) Frames per Second (FPS) .

Face Orientation : .Flipped Normal

Overlapping Faces : . Rendering

Open Edges :Holes . Multiple Edges . :

. Isolated Vertices . : Overlapping Vertices . :

. . Tolerance:

T-Vertices :Three Edges. .

. Missing UVW Coordinates :

. Textures

3DS MAX 2015 :

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2 Flipped UVW Faces :

Opposite-Pointing Normals . Overlapping UVW Faces :Textures .

Viewport Shadows Lighting Materials

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. Nitrous display drivers : .

Viewing Materials in the Viewports

Shading viewport label Views Refresh .

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. : Memory Texture Maps The Views Show Materials in Viewport As Shaded Materials with Maps

The Views . : Show Materials in Viewport As Shaded Materials without Maps.

Realistic Materials without Maps and Realistic Materials with Maps Video Card's Memory

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The Views Show Materials in Viewport As Enable Transparency :

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. Shading Viewport Label : Shadows

Ambient Occlusion Realistic

shading mode Shading Viewport Label:

Lighting and Shadows Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Illuminate. :

with Scene Lights or Default Lights .

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Ambient Occlusion

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Spread a Soft Shadow .

Ambient Occlusion .

Working with Viewport Backgrounds

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Changing the Viewport Background

Background Views Viewport Background : (Alt +B) Gradient Solid

Color .Environment Background . . Shading viewport label

Files

Background .

Path .

. Remove Aspect Ratio

Match Viewport

Match Bitmap

Match Rendering Output

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2 Lock Zoom/Pan

. Match Bitmap or Match Rendering Output . Zoom/Pan

2D Pan Zoom Mode ). Adobe Photoshop (

Exit 2D Pan Zoom Mode .

Animations

Animation Synchronization .

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2 Top, Front, and Left :

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. Save .

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Working with 3ds Max Scene Files

Formats . .) (max

max) (.chr).( Character.

Button Application

. Application Button

. Quick Access

toolbar .

Recent Documents

10. 50

Options Preference Settings: Files Recent Files in File Menu: 50.

Pushpin

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3 . Large Icons Small Icons

Small Images Large Images. Thumbnail 3 ds Max .

Quick Access toolbar

Open File New Scene : Save File

Undo Redo Set Project

Folder . Workspaces.

Hide

Menu Bar Show

below the Ribbon .

Starting New

New Scene New (Ctrl +N) . . RAM 3ds Max

3ds Max Keep Objects and Hierarchy

Keep Objects New All .

Interface Settings Viewport Configurations

Interface Viewport Backgrounds Command Panel . Application Button Reset

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Saving Files

. 3ds Max Untitled :

. (Application Button Save (Ctrl +S . Save File As

(Save (Ctrl +S . Application Button Save File As .Save File As

3DS MAX 2015 :

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3 :

3 Save as Type

3ds Max (*.max) AUTODESK 3DS MAX 2015 (3ds Max 2011-2013 (*.max

. . Export 3ds Max 2010

Autodesk (*.FBX) Import Autodesk (*.FBX) .

. Save . myScene01.max myScene.max

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: Application Button Save File As Save As, Save Copy As, Save Selected, and Archive .Save Copy As

Save Selected . .

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: Auto Backup Customize Preferences Files :

Application Button Options Preference Settings Files Auto Backup .. Auto Backup

. :autoback\3dsMax\Documents\ARK\Users\C

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Archiving Files

Reference Bitmaps Project .

Application Button Save As. Ancillary Files Archive . (*.ZIP) .

Text file . Paths

Opening Files

(Application Button Open (Ctrl +O .) (max .

. drf Autodesk VIZ Render) .(chr

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Continue Missing External Files

Configure . Browse External File Paths Paths .

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Setting a Project Folder

Scenes Documents\3dsMax

Project Folder Network Hard Drive

Quick . Access toolbar :

Application Button Manage Set Project Folder Browse for Folder

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. mxp Project Folders Root

Text file Subfolders .

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Merging and Replacing Objects

Application Button Import Merge :

Merge .

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3 Save As

. Merge

Filtering Sort OK. List Types

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Modeling Replace :

Application Button Import Replace

Replace .

.

Getting out

Save Application Button Exit : . Cancel Dont Save

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Importing and Exporting

3D 3ds Max .

. Application Button

Importing Supported Formats

. Import Application Button Import Import . Import Settings

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:

Autodesk (FBX). 3D Studio Mesh, Projects, and Shapes (3DS, PRJ, SHP). Adobe Illustrator (AI). Autodesk Packet File (APF). Pro/ENGINEER ASM (ASM). Pro/ENGINEER (PRT) .

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3 CATIA V5 (CARPART, CGR, CATPRODUCT). CATIA V4 (MODEL, DLV4, DLV3, DLV, EXP, SESSION, MDL). Collada (DAE). LandXML/DEM/DDF (DEM, XML, DDF). AutoCAD and Legacy AutoCAD (DWG, DXF). Flight Studio Open Flight (FLT). Motion Analysis (HTR, TRC). Initial Graphics Exchange Standard (IGE, IGS, IGES). Autodesk Inventor (IPT, IAM). JT Open (JT). OBJ Material and Object (OBJ). Unigraphics-NX (PRT). ACIS SAT (SAT). Google Sketch Up (SKP). Stereo Lithography (STL). STEP (STP, STEP). Autodesk Alias (WIRE). VIZ Material XML Import (XML).

3DS, AI, OBJ, STL, IGES, VRML, DWG, DXF, and) FBX) .

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Import Preference

Application Button Options Preference: Import Options Settings Files Zoom Extents on Import

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Exporting Supported Formats

. Application Button Export Export : Export Export

Selected : .

Autodesk (FBX) : 3D Studio (3DS) : Adobe Illustrator (AI) : ASCII Scene Export (ASE) : AutoCAD (DWG, DXF) : Collada (DAE) : Initial Graphics Exchange Standard (IGS) : Flight Studio Open Flight (FLT) : Motion Analysis (HTR) : Publish to DWF (DWF) : OBJ Material and Object (OBJ) : PhysX and APEX (PXPROJ) : ACIS SAT (SAT) : Stereo Lithography (STL) :

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3 Shockwave 3D Scene Export (W3D) : Autodesk Alias (WIRE) : VRML97 (WRL) :

Moving Files to other Suite Packages

Maya, Softimage, Motion Builder, and Mud box : Application

Button Send To : . Send the Scene as a New Scene, Update the Current Scene, Add to the Current

Scene, or Select the Previously Sent Objects .

OBJ format

Text-Based OBJ format .3D Package Wavefront

. Poser and ZBrush : 3D Data

Texture Model Data OBJ format Data . OBJ file Geometry Data

MTL file Texture Data 3. ds Max OBJ . OBJ

. GuruWare Plug-in

. OBJ . OBJ Import Option

. . Normals Convert Units Materials .

. OBJ

Presets

3D Package . .

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3 OBJ format

: OBJ Export Options . Amapi Pro, Blender, Bryce, Carrara, Cinema-4D, DAZ Studio, Deep Paint, Hexagon, Lightwave, Maya, Modo, Motion Builder, Mudbox, Poser, Realflow, Rhino, Silo,

Softimage XSI, UV Mapper, VUE, Worldbuilder, and ZBrush .

. Path Map Export Bits . Format Size Pixel Compression .

OBJ Export Options Presets

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(Design Web Format (DWF : . . Web

Application Button Export Export to DWF ( .

Group by Object or Group by : )Layer ,Publish :Object Properties.

Materials, Selected Objects Only, or Hidden Objects . Rescale Bitmaps

. Pixels

Autodesk DWF Viewer Autodesk

Website. 3ds Max .

Autodesk DWF Viewer

3ds Max Show DWF in Viewer

DWF Publish Options . Transforming Model Shading

View Printing .

3DS MAX 2015 :

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3 Exporting Utilities

3ds Max Application Button

Panorama Exporter Utility, Lighting Data Export : Utility and the Material XML Exporter Utility . Utilities

. More Command Panel

Lighting Data Export Utility

Lighting Data Export Utility Illuminance Exposure Control

Luminance : PIC or TIF 2D Lighting Data Exporter

File Name Width. . Height

. Exposure Control:

Material XML Exporter Utility

XML Material XML Exporter Utility Parameters .

Material/Map Browser, the Object List, Pick Object in : Scene, and All Objects in Scene . Native XML

. XSLT Template Autodesk Tool Catalog . Mapping Modifiers

Panorama Exporter Utility

Panorama Exporter Utility . Camera. 360

Rendering a Panoramic Render Setup Scene .

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Using the File Utilities

Model files

Textures Environment lighting

Script files . Max Utilities . .

More Utilities . .

Asset Browser Utility

Asset Browser

Utilities Asset Browser

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-Point-of : View label Extended Viewports Asset Browser

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3 ,AVI, BMP, CIN, DDS, EXR, GIF, HDRI, IFL, JPEG :

MPEG, PNG, PSD, MOV, RGB, RLA, RPF, SGITGA, TIF, and YUV . Rendering View Image File

Asset Browser . MAXScript and AutoCAD DWG files .

drag and drop

. Asset Browser Image files

Material Editor

Environment Map Viewport Background . .

Max File Finder Utility

Max File Finder Start. Utilities More

Utilities MAXFinder .

Include Browse

Subfolders . MAXFinder . /:D MassFx

Resource Collector Utility

Resource . Collector Parameters

Output Path . Command Panel Utilities . Browse

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Collect Bitmaps/Photometric Files Include

the 3ds Max scene file Compress Files

(MaxZip/WinZip) .Copy Move

Output Path Update Materials

Material Editor . Begin .

Accessing File Information

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Displaying Scene Information

Application Button Properties . : Summary Info Summary Info Description Faces Vertices

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Save to File

. Text file

3DS MAX 2015 :

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3 Viewing File Properties

. Track

. File Properties Application Button Properties File Properties:

Summary. Summary, Contents, and Custom Contents. Author Subject Title

Custom. Summary Info

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Viewing Files

Thumbnail of an Image

View File Rendering View Image File. : Animation Graphic

Rendered Frame Window Media Player .

3DS MAX 2015 :

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3 Devices and View File

Setup Info View File View .

Open . Statistics Path .

: View File

Microsoft videos (AVI), MPEG files, bitmap images (BMP), Kodak Cineon images (CIN), Combustion files (CWS), Graphics Interchange Format images (GIF), Radiance HDRI image files (HDR), Image File List files (IFL), JPEG images (JPG), OpenEXR image files (EXR, FXR), Portable Network Graphics images (PNG), Adobe Photoshop images (PSD), QuickTime movies (MOV), SGI images (RGB), RLA images, RPF images, Targa images (TGA, VST), Tagged Image File Format images

(TIF), Abekas Digital Disk images (YUV), and DirectDraw Surface (DDS) images.

Gamma .

3DS MAX 2015 :

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AUTODESK 3DS MAX 2015 . .

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Application Customize Preferences : Button Options : .General, Files, Viewports,

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SettingsPreference: Spinner Snap Toggle.

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General Preference Settings . General.

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Reference Coordinate System Undo Levels

. Scene Undo Spinner

Undo Levels: 20 . . 500

Reference Coordinate System

. . Constant

Material-Sub Ins-Plug

Load Plug-Ins When Used .

Automatic Sub-Material Assignment

Dragged Dropped Subobject Multi/Sub-Object Material Material ID

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Vertex Normal Rollout Spinner

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. Spinner Snap Toggle

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 . 0 :

.

Alt . Ctrl Wrap Cursor Near Spinner .

.

Pixels Rollout Threshold .

3ds Max 4 Use Legacy R4 Vertex Normals

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Normal Maps Rendered Bake 3ds Max and Maya .

. Game Assets DirectX Method .

Interface Display settings

Enable . UI Display Viewport Tooltips 3 ds Max

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Caddy Controls Editable Poly . Caddy Controls .

. Disabled

Preview Files AutoPlay Preview File :

Rendering Screen Capture Play Preview Animation .Display Cross Hair Cursor Windows

AutoCAD .

3ds Non-Uniform Scaling Max (

). Disable this Warning box . Topology

Save UI Configuration on Exit

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Flyout Time Spinner

Drop-Down Color Selection . 3ds Max

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Display : Object Properties Properties, Rendering Control, and Motion Blur : By Layer and

By Object .By Object Object Properties By Layer

. . Layer Manager

By Layer Preference Settings Propagate, Do Not : .

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World Texture Coordinates-Real

Real-World Scale Use Real-World Texture Coordinates or the Real-World Map Size Coordinates .

.

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Setting File Preferences

Archiving Backing Up Files

Logging 3ds Max files . . .

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Convert File . Files Paths to UNC (Universal Naming Convention)

. Mapped Drive UNC Convert Local File Paths to Relative

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Application : . Backup on Save

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 :

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. .

MB 100 ( Compress on Save: Network Queue Manager)

Network Rendering.

64x64 Save Viewport Thumbnail Image Windows Open File

Explorer . Thumbnail 9 K .

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. Schematic View Saving File Properties

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. Obsolete data format foundPlease resave file: Display Obsolete File Message .Dont Display Again

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Application : Recent Files in File Menu Button Recent Documents 50. .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Backing up files

3ds Max Auto Backup

. Auto Backup . Configure User Paths

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Resources 3ds Max Locally Network. Configure Paths

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Scenes Animations Textures Configure System Paths Fonts 3ds Max

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 athsPser UConfiguring

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. File I/O, External Files, and XRefs :

File I/O Configure User Paths Application Button Manage :

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Max Start, Photometric, Previews, Render Assets, Render Output, Render Presets, Scenes, Sounds,

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. . Move Up and Move Down:

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Configure User Paths Root . mxp

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: Synchronizes .

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Modify .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4

Configure System Paths

3rd Party Plug-Ins

3ds Max .

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Preferences

.

Viewports .

Viewport Parameter Options

. Use Dual Planes

.

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Lines .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 :

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.

Backface Cull on Object Creation

.

Backface Cull

. .

Attenuate Lights

Darker Attenuation Diminish Distance .

Safe Regions Viewport Configuration Borders Renderer Mask Viewport to Safe Region

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Bitmaps Update Background While Playing Animation Sequence Plays

Filter Environment Background . . Pixelated Aliased

. Display World Axis

Grid Nudge Distance .3D Space ) . Grid Nudge ) +and

-Non Cameras Lights Scaling Object Size .

Enabling Ghosting

Ghosting Onion Skins

Traditional Animation .

.

3ds Max

Ghost Before Current Frame Ghost After Current Frame

Ghosting . Ghost Before and After Frames Show Frame Numbers .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Choosing and Configuring Display Drivers

Display Drivers

Nitrous 3ds Max. Nitrous Direct3D 9 Direct3D, OpenGL :

Software Video Card .

Display Drivers Preference Viewports

Settings Configure Driver ( Choose Driver ) Display Driver Selection

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. Restart 3ds Max .

Display Driver Selection :

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Max : Change Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 Autodesk Programs Graphics Mode .

Configure Driver

Bitmap Texture Size . .

Tweaking . Tradeoffs

.

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 :

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Interaction Mode

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. Rotate Alt + Middle Mouse Button Pan and Zoom Left, Middle, and Right : Alt Maya

.

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Maya Interchangeably

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Maya .

Up Table (LUT) Preferences-Setting Gamma and Look

Gamma and LUT

Browse Autodesk Look-up

Table (LUT) File . Look-up Table

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Setting Screen Gamma

Consistently Gamma Contrast Gamma . Monitor

. Numerical Offset 3ds Max Gamma and LUT Enable Gamma/LUT Correction

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 :

4 LUT files LUT files 3ds Max:

.Combustion

Propagating Gamma Settings

Affect Color. : Material Editor Color Selector

Selectors and Affect Material Editor .

Setting Bitmap Gamma

Input . TGA Gamma Bitmap Files Output Gamma 3 ds Max .

Display Gamma Input Gamma:

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Radiosity Rendering

. Radiosity Rendering .

Rendering QualityChanging

Render Setup Rendering

Preference Settings . .

Video Color Check

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Scale Luma and Scale: Saturation

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.NTSC or PAL:

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 True Color : . Output Dithering

Field Order . Bit-8 Paletted Bit-24 Odd Even .

. .

.Super Black Super Black Threshold . Hotspot and Falloff : Angle Separation

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Use Environment . Filter Background. Alpha .

. Default Ambient Light Color

. Shadow Nth Output File Sequencing . Global

Serial Numbering .Nth Serial Numbering .Render Termination Alert .

Duration Frequency . . File Choose Sound .

Log Error Messages

Files . Renderassets . GBuffer Layers Graphics Buffers .

Memory of. 1000 1 System .Multi-threading . . Processor Cycles Threads

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Local and Global Advanced Lighting

Object Properties . Edit Object Properties :

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Radiosity .

Receive Cast Shadows and

Illumination . Diffuse, Specular, Exclude :

from Regathering, and Subdividing . Radiosity Refine Iterations Refine Iterations .

. . Faces.

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4

Radiosity Processing

Illumination

Mesh . Preference Settings

. Radiosity

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Display Radiosity Reflectance & Transmittance Information .

( Average Maximum Percent ) . Compact Material Editor

Refine Iterations Object Properties

.

Reset

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. 3ds Max

.

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. Animation White Surrounded

Brackets.

All : . Objects, Selected Objects, and None .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Key:

Bracket Display

.

.

Local Center During Animate

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).

MIDI Time Slider : Controls On Setup MIDI

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Spring . Spring Rollback.

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Timeline Frame: 0 Auto Key Default Frame .

.

Preferences (IK) KinematicsSetting Inverse

Inverse Kinematics IK Preference Settings . : Interactive and Applied IK

. Position and Rotation Thresholds : .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Applied IK

Interactive IK . Iterations . Iterations 3ds Max .

. IK Iterations .

3ds Max Iterations: .

3ds Use Secondary Threshold

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Gizmos Preference Settings .

. Size Show Axis Labels, Allow Multiple Gizmos Labels . Allow Multiple Gizmos

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Relative Size Move Gizmo % 50 % 100 Size

. % 100 .

Center Box Handle Size .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

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Rotate Gizmo . Relative Size

Free Rotation

.

Show Tripod .

Screen Handle

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.

Linear Roll, Circular: Rotation Methods Gizmos Crank, and Legacy R4 .Linear Roll .

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. Planar Angle Threshold

. Scale Gizmo Relative Size Uniform Handle Size 2 -Axis Handle Size

Uniform 2-Axis Scaling. .

Move/Rotate Transforms Intersection and Projection. : Perspective Viewport

Intersection Projection Perspective Sensitivity .

Rotation Increment . Viewport Arc Rotate Snap Angle

.

MAXScript

3ds MAXScript Max . MAXScript

Macro Recorder MAXScript Use Fast Node Name Lookup. Script Editor

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

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3ds Max

3ds Max . :

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Paths .Load Startup Scripts

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mental ray Preferences

mental ray . Enable mental ray Extensions

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Show Brackets on Current Buckets

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Network :

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Show Visual Final Gather Progress . Final Gather . Final Gather

Messages . Errors, Log Information, Log Progress, Debug : .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

4 Setting Global Container Preferences

Containers .Max 2010 Container Format

.

Setting Help Preferences

Offline 3ds Max Help . Autodesk

. Autodesk

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5

. Primitive Object Smash Stretch Bend. Modeling

. Cut

. Parameters

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Selecting System Units

.

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

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Custom Custom Units System Generic Units .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 :

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. Units Mismatch

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Rescale World Units .

Utilities More .Rescale World Units OK . . Rescale World Units Rescale

Scale Factor

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Selection.

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 Primitive Objects

. Primitive Objects .

Create Menu

Create Panel Subcategory Category

.

Create Panel

Primitive( )

Spheres Shapes Lights . Cameras

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Command Panel Categories

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Space Warps, and Systems .

Spheres Geometric

Cones Boxes Lights Cameras Space Warps .

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Geometry . Standard Primitives

Extended Primitives . .

Rollouts . Name and Color Parameters

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 Naming and Renaming Objects

.

. ". Sphere001 "

. Command Panel Name and Color Name

Tools Rename Objects : Base Name Rename Objects

. Number Suffix Prefix

Pick . Pick Objects to Rename

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 Assigning colors

Object. Material Color . Add Custom Color .

AutoCAD 3ds Max Palette

ACI Palette Max Max Custom

Colors . Select by Color Cancel Select Objects .

Assign Random Colors Object Color

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 Add Custom Colors

Color Selector . Add Color Color Selector Object Color Custom Colors . . Current Color

( ) RGB Color Selector

). Value Saturation Hue( HSV

Color. Filter Objects

Edit Select by Color .

Color Clipboard

Color Clipboard Tools Color Clipboard :

. Utilities 12 New Floater Material Editor

.

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 . Paste Copy

(ccb.*) Color Clipboard Save and Save As Open .

Swap . Copy

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. .

Auto Grid Object Type Home Grid

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Geosphere 1 Center Diameter

Cylinder

2 Center Edge

Tube 3 Center Edge

Torus 2 Center Edge

Pyramid 2 Base/Apex Center

Teapot 1 Center Edge

Plane 1 Rectangle Square

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 :

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.

Keyboard Entry

XYZ .

Home Grid .

Create

.

Hedra 1 - -

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Chamfer Box 3 Box Cube

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Spindle 3 Center Edge

L-Ext 3 Corners Center

Gengon 3 Center Edge

C-Ext 3 Corners Center

Ring Wave 2 - -

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Prism 3 Base/Apex Isosceles

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 Parameters

.

.

Segments Dimensions

. Sections Sliced Generate Mapping Coordinates

Texture Material Maps Real-World Map Size

Textures Dimensions .

. (Undo (Ctrl +Z

. (Redo (Ctrl +Y .

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Plato . Polygon Faces .

Extended Hedra Primitives .

Parameters Family Family Parameters P and Q

,Tetrahedron : Octahedron, Cube, Icosahedron and

Dodecahedron. .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5

Modeling Helpers

,Dummy, Crowd . : Delegate, Container, Grid, ExposeTM, Point, Tape, Compass, and Protector .

.

Dummy and Point

. Hierarchies Dummy Rendered

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Point X . Cross X Y and Z Axis Tripod Box Point . Size . Constant Screen Size . Draw on Top

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 :

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. Helpers

Tape, Protractor, and Compass .Selected System Units .

Measure Distance

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

5 :Measure

Utilities

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Point. Length. Dimensions.

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. Length Parameters : . . 5

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6

Name Color Type Material .Filters

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6

Pivot Axes Point : . Views Shade Selected (F2) .

(Shade Selected Faces (F2 .Subobject Faces

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. .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6 :

6 Select Buttons

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Helpers Manipulators Sliders .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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6 . (Edit Select Similar (Ctrl +Q :

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6 . Scene Explorer

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. Window/Crossing Toggle

3DS MAX 2015 :

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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6 .Ctrl Alt

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Select and Hierarchies Link . . . Parent Object . Children Objects

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Named Selection Sets .

3DS MAX 2015 :

:

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Edit Named Selection Sets Edit Manage

Selection Sets . . Named Selection Sets

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6 ther InterfacesOn ISelecting Objects

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Select Object Select by Material .

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. Graph Editors New Schematic View : Hierarchical Links and Relationships

. Rectangular Node Schematic View

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Schematic View Select Sync Selection .

. Select by Name Schematic View

.

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.User Defined mental ray Adv. Lighting

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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Viewports : .

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. Visibility . .

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.

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. . Object Properties Freeze Hide

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6 Freeze Hide . Unfreeze Unhide .

Display Floater

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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6 . Link Display

Link. Parent Child Replaces Object .

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.

Layer Manager

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Tools Manage Layers : Layer Manager Layers Toolbar

: Customize Show UI Floating Toolbars .

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

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Create Layer Manager New Layer " Layer001 "

" Layer0 . . " .

Object . Properties .

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Delete Highlighted Empty . Layers . .

. Add Selected Objects to Highlighted Layer .

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Delete Highlighted Empty Layers

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Highlighted Layer

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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6

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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6 :

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6 :

6

. Select Find Using Wildcards . () (*)

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3DS MAX 2015 :

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6 Viewing Object Information

Object Properties General Object Information Objects Parent Faces Vertices X-, Y-, and Z-axes:

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3DS MAX 2015 :

:

6

Render Occluded Objects .

.

. Render or Video Post : G-Buffer Object ID G-Buffer . ID Object Channel

Transferring Interrupted Temporary Bit . Hard Disk Data

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