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B as ic Fil e Li nk S etti ngs
File menu > File L ink Manager > Reload a linked file with
Show Reload turned on. > File Link Settings dialog >
Basic panel
File menu > File Link M anager > Presets panel > Select
an existing preset and click Modify. > File Link Settings
dialog > Basic panel
File menu > File L ink Manager > Presets panel > Create a
new preset. > Select the newly created preset and click
Modify > File Link Settings dialog > Basic p anel
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File Link
Manager > Reload a linked file with Show Reload turned
on. > File Link Settings dialog > Basic p anel
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File Link
Manager > Presets panel > Highlight an existing preset
and click Modify. > File Link Settings dialog > Basic panel
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File
Link Manager > Presets panel > Create a new preset. >
Highlight the new ly created preset and clic k Modify > File
Link Settings dialog > Basic panel
The Basic panel of the File Link Settings dialog
(page 3–435)
defines how 3ds Max converts the
linked fi le’s objects into corresponding 3ds Max
objects.
Interfa ce
Weld —Sets whether to weld nearby vertices of
conv erted objects according to the Weld Threshold
setting. Welding smooths across seams and
unifies normals of objects with coincident vertices.
Weldingoccursonlyonverticesthatarepartof
thesameobject.
Weld Thresho ld —Sets the distance that determines
whether vertices are coincident. If the distance
between two vert ices is less than or equal to the
weld threshold, the vertices are welded together.
To u s e t he We l d T h resho l d , t u r n o n We ld.
Auto-Smooth—Assigns smo othing groups
according to the Smooth Angle value. Smoothing
groupsdeterminewhetherfacesonanobject
render as a smooth surface or display a seam at
their edges, creating a faceted appearance.
Smooth Angl e—Controls whether smoothing
occurs b etween two adjacent faces. If the angle
between the two face normals is less than or equal