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will appear in the modifier stack in th e Modify
panel. They are applied to the XRef object and
canbechangedinthemodifierstack.However,
if you make changes in the target file, these
changes are not reflected back into the source
file.
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Ignore—Any modifiers assigned to the XRef
object (in the source file) are disregarded and
thebaseobjectisbroughtintothesceneasan
XRef object. When you load the XRefed file
the modifiers are not applied to the object so
themodificationsinthesourcefilewillnotbe
reflected in the master file.
Although the Merge Materials, Merge
Manipulators, and Modifiers settings are disabled
after you add a record, when you highlight the
record in the XRef Record list, the toggles and list
field show the settings used when the record was
created.
XRef Entities toolbar
Add Obj ects—Click to add further entities
to the highlighted XRef record. This button is
available only when the highlighted XRef record
contains objects that you have not yet XRefed.
The XRef Merge dialog appears, w ith a list of the
available objects. Highlight the objects to XRef,
and then click OK.
Delete XRef Entity—Click to delete t he
highlighted XRef. An alert prompts you to confirm
the action. All high lighted entities are removed
from the scene. You can delete XRef objects or
mater ials.
Merge in scene—Merges the current selection
in the XRef Entities list into the target scene (the
current scene). Use this button to change XRef
objects or m aterials into objects that are native
to the current scene. The connection between
the object in the s ource scene and in your target
scene is broken, and the object or material that
you merged is no longer updated when the source
scene changes.
3dsMaxpromptsyoutoconfirmthemerge.
Since a merged XRef object becomes part of
thesceneandisnolongeranXRef,itsnameis
removed from the list.
Merging an XRef object loads the full modifier
stack of the original object, w hi le maintaining any
additional stack items that were added while the
objectwasanXRef.Thus,youcanuseMergeto
update an original object that has been altered as
an XRef. If you do this, use Convert Selected to
save out the “improved” orig inal into a file, which
then can be merged back into the original source.
List Objects—When on, shows the XRef
objects for the current XRef record in the XRef
Entities list.
List Materia ls—When on, shows the XRef
materials for the current XRef record in the XRef
Entities list.
Note: You can enable any combination of the List
buttons to show certain types of entities and hide
others. This is useful for navigating the list of
entities.
Select—S elects the cur rently highlighted XRef
object.
Select by Name—Opens the Select Objects
dialog, which lists al l objects belonging to the
currently highlighted XRef Record. Use this dialog
to select objects.
Highlight Selected XR ef R ecords
(Ent it y )—
Highlights entries in the XRef
Entities list for currently selec ted XRefs.