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jav
02-12-2003, 10:43 AM
hi a few more 101q.
1.
i could not find the control to customize the standard transformation interaction type (View, World, Parent, etc) It is by default set to view and i want to change that to world. where is this within the Customize UI?
2.
Is there a way in max to extablish clipping planes in viewports--sorry, xsi and lightscape vocabulary, I mean I want to only view a certain distance range from the camera, exclude both what is beyond my max range or behind my min range . My mesh is so complex that i would need this. Where is it and what is it called?

3.
Orbiting (keyboard 'V' or 'Ctrl+R')... What is the setting so it orbits around the selected object instead of around the world center?
jadedchron
02-12-2003, 10:58 AM
1. hold alt + right click in viewport and you'll see world view local etc..
mouj
02-12-2003, 12:38 PM
Howdy !

1. can also be found on your tool bar, right besides the scale tool in a rollout menu.

2. if you right-click on viewport's label, you'll find "viewport clipping" in the menu, that gives you two sliders on the side of your viewport and enables you to extend/shorten it.

3. if you hold press the "arc rotate" tool ('bottom' toolbar), it will pop 3 ways to do it, 'arc rotate', 'arc rotate subobject' and 'arc rotate selected'... also use the 'zoom extents selected' to rotate around a mesh or a couple meshes...

mouj
jav
02-12-2003, 12:58 PM
1. thank both of you
but what i meant is: i know that there is a toolbar to modify transformation reference, I want to have it so that the DEFAULT in WORLD, not view. I do not want to change it every time
2. & 3. thanx. solved my problems there.
jadedchron
02-12-2003, 01:08 PM
yeah

http://www.fragcentral.com/~super/3d/world.ms

right click and save that to your ?:\3dsmax5\scripts\startup folder.

then everytime you bootup max it'll change it to World
jav
02-12-2003, 02:17 PM
~!!
jadedchron
02-12-2003, 02:19 PM
:D
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