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Manager uses the reload settings stored in the

current scene.

Clo se —Cancels all changes to se ttings and closes

the dialog.

Presets panel

Named Pr eset s—Lists all existing presets.

Modify—Opens the

File Link Settings dialog (page

3–435)

, letting you change the settings of the

selected preset.

New—Opens the

NewSettingsPresetdialog(page

3–443)

, creating a new preset with default settings.

Note: New is only available when no preset is

selected in the list. If a preset is selected, this

button changes to Copy.

Co py—Opens the

New Settings Preset dialog

(page 3–443)

, creating a new preset with the same

settings as the currently selected preset.

Note: Copy is only available when a preset is

selected in the list. If no preset is selected, this

button changes to New.

Rename—Opens the

Rename Settings Preset dialog

(page 3–443)

, letting you change the name of the

selected preset.

Delete—Deletes the selected preset.

Clo se —Cancelsallchangestosettingsandcloses

the dialog.

File Link Settings Dialog

File menu > File Link Manager > Files tab > Turn on Show

Reload Options. > Click Reload.

Utilities panel > Utilities rollou t > More button > File Link

Manager > Files tab > Turn on S how Reload Options. >

Click R eload.

TheFileLinkSettingsdialoggivesyoucontrol

over the detailed aspects of how geometry is

translated from DW G or DXF files and interpreted

in3dsMax.Italsoallowsyoutocontrolwhether

only a portion of the 3ds Max objects will be

affected by subsequent reloading. The File Link

Settings dialog is displayed when Show Reload

Options is turned on in the File Link Manager

dialog,orwheneditingafilelinkPreset.

TheFileLinkSettingsdialogletsyou:

• View and exclude layers in a linked file.

• Control how geometr y is converted.

• Define how linked objects are conver ted to

3ds Max objects, referred to as

VIZBlocks

TheselectionsyoumakeintheFileLinkSettings

dialog can affect the amount of memory used by

3ds Max to hold the linke d data. Use the

Select

Layers To Include option

to reduce the amount of

information added to your scene.

In some cases, it mi g ht be more efficient to create

multiple links to the same file, m aking different

file link settings for each file.