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574 Chapter 12: Animation
Zoom Re gion (Tra ck View)
TrackView>CurveEditororDopeSheet>Navigation:
Track View toolbar > Zoom Region
Zoom Region lets you drag a region in the K ey
window to scale that region to fill the window.
Zoom Region remains active until you right-click
to cancel or click another option. The Zoom
Region button is yellow while active.
In Curve Editor mode, both time and value are
scaled to fit the Key window. In Dope Sheet mode,
only time is scaled to fit the Key window.
Procedure
To zoom a region of the K ey window:
1. On the Navigation: Track View toolbar,
click Zoom Region.
2. DragawindowintheKeywindow.
The region zooms to fill the Key window.
Tip: Thereisnoundoforviewchangesinthe
Track View windows. Use the Zoom, Zoom
Region, and Zoom Extents tools to navigate the
Key window.
Managing Track V iew
Windows
New Tr ack Vi ew
Graph Editors menu > Track View > New Track V iew
New Track View opens a new, untitled Track
View (page 2–483)
window. A scene in 3ds Max
can have up to 13 Track View windows. You can
choosethesebynamefromtheGraphEditors>
Saved Track Views (page 2–575) submenu. New
Track View is disabled if the scene already has 13
Tra ck View w i ndows .
You can name a Track View window by typing in
theeditablefieldattherightendoftheTrackView
toolbar.
Procedures
To create a new Track V iew window:
• ClickTrackView>NewTrackView.
Thesoftwareopensanew,untitledTrackView
w indow, regardless of whether you have closed
other Track View windows.
To name a Track V iew window:
• Typethenameintheeditboxattherightend
of the Track View toolbar.
As soon as you type the name in, it is stored in
the Saved Track Views list.
Delete Track V iew
Graph Editors menu > Delete Track View
Delete Track View displays the Delete Track View
dialog (page 2–575)
,whichletsyoudeleteoneor
more stored
Tr ack View windows (page 2–483) .
Procedure
To delete a Track View window:
1.
From the Graph Editors menu, choose Delete
Tra ck View.
The Delete Track View dialog opens.
2. IntheDeleteTrackViewdialog,highlightone
or more Track V iew windows.
3. ClickOKtodeletetheTrackViewwindows
you chose.