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Light Hotspot ..................... .............................. ....... 794
Roll Light ................................................................ 796
Light Falloff ............................................................. 796
Truck Light ............................................................. 797
Orbit/Pan Light ...................................................... 798
Command Panels.................................................. 799
Command Panel........................ .............................. 799
Object Name and Wireframe Color........................ 800
Create Panel .......................................................... 800
Create Panel ............................................................ 800
Modify Panel ......................................................... 801
Modify Panel .......................................................... 801
Modifier Stack Controls................................... ....... 802
Modifier Stack Right-Click Menu........................... 809
Make Unique .......................................................... 812
Modifier Sets Menu ............................ .................... 814
Configure Modifier Sets Dialog ............................. 815
Hierarchy Panel..................................................... 816
Hierarchy Panel ...................................................... 816
Motion Panel ......................................................... 817
Motion Panel . ........................................... .............. 817
Assign Controller Rollout ....................................... 817
Display Panel ........................................................ 818
Display Panel ........... ............................................... 818
Display Floater....... .................................................. 818
Utilities Panel ........................................................ 821
Utilities Panel .......................................................... 821
Utilities Dialog......................................................... 822
Configure Button Sets Dialog ................................. 822
MAXScr ipt Inter face ............................................. 823
MAXScript Menu................................ .................... 823
New Script ............................................................... 824
Open Script ..................... .............................. .......... 824
Run Script................................................................ 824
MAXScript Listener ............................... ................. 824
Macro Recorder........ ............................................... 825
Visual MAXScript Utility (See MAXScript
Reference)........................ ..................................... 826
MAXScript Debugger Di alog.... .............................. 826
Running Scripts from the Command Line ............. 826
22 Customizing the User Interface..............829
Customizing the User Interface........................ ....... 829
Customize Display Ri ght-Click Menu .................... 831
Show UI ................................................................... 832
Lock UI Layout........................................................ 832
Plug-In Manager ................................................. .... 832
Custom UI and Defaults Switcher.......... ................. 833
Market-Specific Defaults.... ..................................... 834
COM/DCOM Server Control Utility...................... 835
Customize User Interface Dialog ......................... 836
Customize User Interface Dialog ............................ 836
Keyboard Panel ....................................... ................ 837
Toolbars Panel . .............................. .......................... 838
Quads Panel.................. ........................................... 839
Menus Panel ............................................................ 842
Colors Panel............................... .............................. 843
Advanced Quad Menu Options .............................. 845
Edit Button Appearance Dialog .............................. 847
Saving and Loading Custom User Inter faces...... 848
Saving and Loading Custom User Interfaces.......... 848
Load Custom UI Scheme ........................................ 849
Save Custom UI Scheme ..... .................................... 850
Revert to Startup Layout ......................................... 851
Configure Paths .................................................... 852
Configure Paths....................................................... 852
Configure User Paths. .............................................. 852
Configure System Paths................. .......................... 854
External Path Configuration...................... ............. 855
File I/O Path Configuration ................................. ... 856
XRefs Path Configuration ....................................... 857
Plug-Ins Path Configuration................................... 857
Network Plug-In Configuration.............................. 858
Preferences ........................................................... 859
Preferences............................................................... 859
General Preferences................................................. 859
Rendering Preferences................................ ............. 863
Inverse Kinematics Preferences..................... .......... 865
Radiosity Preferences .............................................. 866
mental ray Preferences ............................................ 867
Animation Preferences............................................ 868
File Preferences........................................................ 870
Gamma and LUT Preferences ................................. 873
Viewport Preferences .............................................. 874
Gizmos Preferences ................................................. 877
MAXScript Preferences........................................... 879
Graphics Driver Setup .......................................... 881
Graphics Driver Setup Dialog ................................. 881
Configure Driver ....................... .............................. 883
Configure Software Display Driver D ialog ............. 884
Configure OpenGL Dialog.................. .................... 884
Direct3D Driver Setup D ialog................. ................ 887
Configure Direct3D Dialog.................................. ... 888
MIDI Time Slider Control Setup ........................... 890
MIDI Time Slider Control Setup Dialog.... ............. 890
Units Setup............................................................ 891
Units Setup Dialog .................................................. 891
System Unit Setup Dialog........................................ 893