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Sav ing to an Obsolete File

When you open a file that was created with an

earlier version of the software, and then attempt to

save it in a current version of 3ds Max, an alert is

displayed, war ning you are about to overwrite t he

obsolete file.

ChooseYestogoaheadandoverwritetheoriginal

file, No to stop the Save. If you choose No, you can

use

Save As (page 3–403)

tosavethefileundera

different name.

If you save to the original file name, you can still

edit it using the current version of the software,

but you will no longer be able to edit it in earlier

versions of 3ds Max.

Inter face

When you save a scene, you also save the program

settings. When you open the file again, it opens

with the same viewport configuration, view and

zoom levels, snap and grid settings, and so on.

You can incrementally number saved files, and

make automatic backup files at specified time

intervals. These options, Increment On Save and

Backup On Save, are on the

Files panel (page

3–870)

of the Preference Settings dialog.

Save As

File menu > Save As

Save As saves the current scene file,

.max

.chr

under a different file name.

.chr

file is a character file saved with Char acter

menu > Save Character. For more information on

the

.chr

file format, see

Character Assembly (page

2–681)

and

Save Character (page 2–686)

Note: 3ds Max lets you number sa ved files

incrementally and make automatic backup files

at specified time intervals. The options to set up

Increment On Save and Backup On Save are on the

Files panel (page 3–870)

of the Preference Settings

dialog.