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User Grids Settings 51
Inhibi t Gr id Subdi visi on B elow Gri d Spacing—
Causes
3ds Max to t reat the grid as a fixed set of lines
when you zoom in on the home grid. In effect, 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
gr id divisions. Default=on.
When this is turned off, you can zoom indefinitely
into an y 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 Per spective View G rid R esi ze— Causes
3ds Max to treat the grid in the Perspective
viewport as a fixed set of lines when you zo om in
or out. In effect, the grid maintains one size, no
matter how much you zoom. Default=on.
When this is turned off, the grid in the Perspective
viewport will subdivide 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
viewports update after you have completed
changing t he va lues. Choose Al l Viewports to have
all v iew por ts update as you change the values.
User Gr i ds S ett ings
Customize menu > Grid And Snap Settings > Grid And
Snap Settings dialo g > User Grids tab
The U ser Grids panel controls automatic activation
of grid objects (page 2–20) and settings for
AutoGrid (page 2–7).
Interfa ce
Note: The layout of the Grid And Snap Settings
dialog is generated at runtim e. Because of this, it
might appear slightly different than the illustration
shown here.
Grid object automation group
Determines if the software automatically makes
grids active upon creation.
Activate grids when creating—Turn on to
automatically activate the grid you created.
Tip: If not turned on, you can activate the grid
by selecting the grid, then right-clicking and
choosing Activate Grid.
AutoGrid group
AutoGrid allows you to automatically create gr ids
on the surface of objects. The task of creating
objects that are aligned to other object surfaces has
beensimplified.TurnonAutoGridintheObject
Type rollout of a command panel. When you turn
on AutoGrid, the software uses the setting in the
User Grids dialog for world or object space.
World s p ace—Aligns grids to world space.
Object s pace—Aligns gr ids to object space.