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The square turns red when the mouse is over it
and it is able to be dragged.
3. Drag the box to move the slider.
Unlike ang le manipulators, transforms have no
effect on sliders.
To connect a sli der mani pulator so it controls a nother
obj ect:
1.
Select the slider.
Note: Select And Manipulate must be off
before you can select t
he slider.
2. Choose Animation > Wi
re Parameters > Wire
Parameters.
Yo u c a n a l s o r i g h t - c l i c k t h e m a n i p u l a t o r a n d
choose Wire Parameters from the Transform
(lower-right) quad
rant of the quad menu.
A pop-up menu appear
soverthemanipulator.
3. In the pop-up menu, c
hoose Object > Value.
4. Drag to the object yo
u want to manipulate, and
click it.
A pop-up menu appears over the object.
5. In the pop-up menu, choose Object, then the
name of the parameter you want to manipulate.
The
Parameter Wiring dialog (page 2–395)
appears.
6. In the Parameter Wi
ring dialog, make sure the
direction goes from the slider to the object (or
both direct ions), andthenclickConnect.
7. Close the Parameter Wiring dialog.
Now when you turn on Select And Manipulate
and use the slider
,theobjectupdatesunderthe
slider’s control.
Interfa ce
Label—Theslidernamethatappearsinviewports.
Default=none.
Value—The value of the slider, based on the
position of the slidable triangle. Default=0.0.
Mi nimum—Theminimumpossiblevalueofthe
slider. Default=0.0.
Maximum—The maximum possible value of the
slider. Default=100.0.
When the minimum is 0.0 and the maximum is
100.0, the slider Value can represent a percentage.
X Position—The slider’s X location in the ac t ive
viewport. Default=Viewport X location you
clicked when you created the slider.
Y Position—The slider’s Y location in the active
view por t. Default=Viewport Y location you
clicked when you created the slider.
Width—The slider’s width, in 3ds Max units.
Default=100.0.
Snap—When on, the slider "snaps" to incremental
values determined by the Snap Value setting.
Default=on.