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to the window. This can be a time-consuming
mistake, so an alert warns you about it.
Tip: To render a view without using the
dialog, click
Quick Render (page 3–16) or use the
Keyboard Shortcut F9 to
Render L ast (page 3–24) .
Render Type
Main toolbar > Render Type drop-down list
Render Type lets you render only a portion of the scene.
The Render Type list lets you specify the portion
of the scene that will be rendered.
Pr ocedur es
To render selected obj ects:
1.
From the Render Type drop-down list at the
rightendofthetoolbar,chooseSelected.
2. Activate the viewport to render.
3. Select the objects.
4. Click Render Scene or Quick
Render (Production).
3ds Max displays a progress dialog that shows
the progress of rendering and the rendering
parameter settings. To stop rendering , click
Cancel in this dialog, or press ESC.
To render a r egion:
1.
Make the viewport active.
2. Choose Region from the list.
3. Click Render Scene or Quick
Render (Production).
A window is displayed in the act ive viewport,
andanOKbuttonappearsintheviewport’s
lower-right corner.
4. Drag in the middle of the window to move it.
Drag the window’s handles to adjust its size.
To preserve the window’s aspect ratio, you can
hold down CTRL while you drag a handle.
5. Click OK.
3dsMaxdisplaysaprogressdialogthatshows
the progress of rendering and the rendering
parameter settings. To stop rendering, click
Cancel in this dialog, or press ESC.
To render a blowup:
1.
Make the viewport active.
2. Cho ose Blowup from the list.
3. Click Render Scene or Quick
Render (Production).
A window is displayed in the active viewport
and an OK button is displayed in the viewport’s
lower-right corner.
4. Drag in the middle of the window to move it.
Drag the window’s handles to adjust its size.
The window is constrained to the aspect ratio
of the current output size.
5. Click OK.
3dsMaxdisplaysaprogressdialogthatshows
the progress of rendering and the rendering
parameter settings. To stop rendering, click
Cancel in this dialog, or press ESC.