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Note:
If you need to apply a material to individual
objects, or object selections, rather than to all
objects of t he same style, you can use the command
Propagate Materials To Instances (page 2–1276) .
For more information about working with
materials and assign ing materials to objects in
3ds Max, see
Materials (page 2–1239) .
St y les and Inter acti ve S electi on a nd
Nav iga tion
Architectural drawings r ange from simple
details to hig h ly complex floor plans, so finding
different components of a drawing c an be difficult.
Style-based objects f rom Architectural D esktop
all have styles associated with them. So if you
link a drawing to 3ds Max, objects w ith styles will
be associated with them both in Architectura l
Desktop and in 3ds Max. Furthermore, in
3ds Max, the name of the object will contain
the Architectural Desktop object category name
(Door, for example), sty le name (Double Hinged)
and component name (Panel).
Youmakemostobjectandcomponentselections
in 3ds Max by selecting objects in the viewports.
However, in complex models where objects and
componentsmaybespreadacrossmultiplelayers
or located in congested areas, style definitions help
streamline the selection of reusable components
in a drawing.
Once objects and components are selected, y ou
can also isolate them from the remainder of the
model to work on them more efficiently.
To s elect obj ects or components by color:
1.
Choose Ed it menu > Select By > Color.
2. Select an object in the scene.
All objects or components that share that color
are selected.
To s elect obj ects or components by name:
1.
Choose E dit menu > Select By > Name, or press
the H key to open the Select Objects dialog.
Alternately, you could use the Selection Floater,
accessed from the Tools menu. While similar to
the Select Objects dia log, the Selection Floater
is modeless and can remain on-screen while
you’re working.
2. WhileholdingdowntheCTRLkey,select
objectsorcomponentswithcommonnames.
You can also enter the object or component
nameinthenamefieldatthetopofthedialog.
3. Click Selec t.
All objects or components that share the
specified name are selected.
To s elect obj ects or components by layer :
1.
Choose Edit menu > Select By > Layer.
2. Select an object in the scene.
All objects or components that share that layer
are selected.
To isol ate selected obj ects:
1.
Using one of the previous selection methods,
select some objects.
2. Choose Tools menu > Isolate Selected.
All objects are hidden except for the selected
objectsorcomponents. Adialogappears
indicating that isolation mode is active.
Merge
File menu > Merge
Merge allows you to bring objects from other
scenefilesintothecurrentscene.Youcanalsouse
merge if you want to combine an entire scene with
another.