3D Studio Max Software2

Introducing To 3D Studio Max

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Modifiers How To Modify Things

Modifiers Enables you to change the geometry of an object and its properties

Modifier menu Modifiers list

Modifiers stack

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Modifiers List

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Contains all modifiers Different for each kind of object Groups of modifiers

Selection

World Space

Object Space

Modifier Stack Managing all aspects of modification

Modifiers Copy, Paste, Cut, Remove…

Collapse

Unlimited modifier number

Order Sequence is important Bend -> Taper != Taper -> Bend

Sub-object selection 5

SelectingAdvanced Selection Methods

Viewport Selection Methods

Main Toolbar -> Select Object (Q) Pop-up labels

Cursor changes to a cross

Selection brackets

Overlapped objects Keep left clicking

Objects are selected in turn

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Viewport Selection Methods

Using selection regions (Q) Click, drag and release to select

object

Change region shape Rectangular region

Circular region

Fence region

Lasso region

Paint region 8

Viewport Selection Methods

Region modes Window

Crossing

Selection filter All

Geometry

Shapes

Etc.

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Select by Name Selecting object by its name

Main Toolbar -> Select by Name (H)

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Selection Sets Handy way of selecting objects

Create and save selection

Add or remove objects

Rename selection

Fast select from dropdown Selects all the objects

in the highlighted set

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Isolated Selection Mode Main Menu > Tools > Isolate Selection (Alt + Q) Unselected objects in the scene

being hidden

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Organizing ObjectsGroups, Layers, Links

Groups Use groups to:

Organize large amounts of objects

Reduce the amount of selectable objects

Grouping options Group level

Group, Ungroup

Open, Close, Explode

Object level Attach, Detach 14

Groups Group appearance

Pivot point

Transform

Modifiers

Groups also can be grouped

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When moving multiple objects to a known point group them before the move and ungroup them after the move.

Layers Organize your objects

Easy to select and reorganize

Exclude from rendering

Lock / Unlock

Layers in 3D Studio are abstract You can not implement layering in

3D

The order sequence is not important

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Layer Manager Layer manager – Tools -> Manage Layers Tree view

Layer Create, Delete*

Hide, Freeze, Render

Object Hide, Freeze

Add, Move, Select 17

Freeze Objects To freeze – Right click -> Freeze Selection

Freezing makes the object Not transformable

Gray colored

Non-textured

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To deactivate visual changes of the frozen object:

Right click on the object -> Object Properties -> Uncheck Show Frozen in Gray

Linking Objects Linking – Child and parent objects

Hierarchy

Parent Child

Child

Sub-child

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When the parent object is transformed, the child also transformed, but child transformations does not affect the parent object

Copying GeometryClone, Mirror, Symmetry

Clone Objects The ability to copy objects is called “Clone” Main menu -> Edit -> Clone (Shift &

drag)

You can clone as: Copy

Instance

Reference

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Array Tool Array – Main menu -> Tools -> Array Creates a multiple clones of an

object

Array modes 1D

2D

3D

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Mirror Mirror tool (Main menu -> Tools -> Mirror) Mirror axis

X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, ZX

Offset

Clone options No clone

Copy

Instance

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Symmetry Modifier

Symmetry modifier – Modifiers list -> Symmetry Mirror axis

Weld Seam Threshold

Handy for Character modeling

Vehicle modeling

Any symmetrical object24

Align Tool Align tool – Main menu -> Tools -> Align Allows you to accurately place one

object in relation to another object

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Spacing Tool Spacing tool – Tools -> Align -> Spacing Tool Array of object

Count

Spacing

Orientation

Objects can follow Straight line

Spline

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Snap Tools Snap tool – Main toolbar -> 3D Snaps Toggle Snap settings

Grid

Vertex

Pivot

Etc.

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