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3.
Turn off Inhibit Grid Subdivision Below Grid
Spacing.
When you turn off this box, you can zoom
indefinitely "deep" into any plane of the home
grid. Each grid square subdivides into the same
number of smaller grid spaces.
Inter face
Note: The layout of t he Grid And Snap Settings
dialog is generated at runtime. Because of this, it
might appear slightly different than the il lustration
shown here.
Grid Dimensions group
Grid spacing—Gridspacingisthesizeofthegrid’s
smallest square. Use this spinner to adjust the
spacin g (which is in current units), or enter the
value directly.
For example, if you have units set to centimeters,
you might make one g rid space equal to 1.000 (one
unit, or one centimeter in this case).
Ma jor Li nes ev er y Nth Gr id L ine—Thehomegrid
displaysheavieror"major"linestomarkgroups
of grid square s. Use spinner to adjust the value,
which is the number of grid squares between
major lines, or you can enter the value directly, the
minimum is 2.
Forexample,ifyouuseagridspacingofone
cent imeter, you might use a value of 10 so the
major grid divisions represent one decimeter.
Perspective V iew Grid Ex tent—Sets the size of the
home grid in the Perspective viewport.
This value is specified in terms of the Grid
Spacing value, and represents the lengt h of
half the grid along an axis. This means that if
Grid Spacing=10.0 and Perspective View Grid
Extent=7, you w ill have a g rid that is 140 x 140
units in size.
InhibitGrid Subdivision B elow GridSpacing—Causes
3ds Max to treat the grid as a fixed set of lines
whenyouzoominonthehomegrid.Ineffect,the
grid stops at the grid space setting. If you keep
zooming, the fixed grid is lost from view. Zooming
out is not affected. When you zoom out, the home
grid expands indefinitely to maintain the major
grid divisions. Default=on.
When t his is turned off, you can zoom i ndefinitely
into any plane of the home grid. Each grid square
subdivides into the same number of smaller grid
spaces.
For a grid spacing of one centimeter and a major
division of 10, the next level down subdivides into
millimeter spaces, and so on.
Inhibi t Pers pective View Gr id R esi ze— Causes
3ds Max to treat the grid in the Perspective
viewport as a fixed set of lines when you zoom in
or
out. In effect, the grid maintains one size, no
matter how m uch you zoom. Default=on.
When this is turned off, the grid in the Perspective
viewpor t w ill subdiv ide to adjust its size when you
zoom in or out.
Dynamic Update group
Dynamic Update—By default, only the active
viewportupdatesasyouchangevaluesforGrid
Spacing and Major Lines every Nth. The other