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470 Chapter 20: Managing Scenes and Projects

Automatic Unit Conversion

WhenRespectSystemUnitsinFilesisturnedonin

the

Units Setup dialog (page 3–891)

,intheSystem

Unit Scale group, merged objects from a file with

a different scene unit scale are scaled to maintain

their correct size in the new scene. No conversion

is done when merging files created in 3ds Max 1.x.

Note: If Respect System U nits is off (which is not

recommended), a 100-foot r adius sphere that

was created in a 1 unit = 1 foot scene becomes a

100-inch sphere in a 1 unit = 1 inch scene.

Resolving Conflicts When M erged

Objects Hav e the Sa me Na me

When one or more incoming objects have the

same name as objects in the scene, an alert gives

you the following options:

Merge—Merges the incoming object using the

name in the field at the right. To avoid having two

objects with the same name, type a new name

before proceeding.

Sk ip—Does not merge the incoming object.

Delete Old—Deletes the existing object before

merging the incoming one.

Apply to All Duplicates—Treats all subsequent

incoming objects with duplicate names the same

way you specified for the current object. No

further alerts will appear. This option is not

available if you renamed the current object.

Can ce l—Cancels the merge operat ion.

When one or more materials assigned to incoming

objects have the same name as materials in the

scene, an alert gives you the following options:

Rename Merged Material—Defines the name for

incoming material.

Use Mer ged Ma ter ial—Assigns the characteristics

of the incoming materials to the same-named

scene materials.

Use S cene M a teri a l—Assigns the characteristics of

the scene materials to the same-named incoming

materials.

Note: Only top-level material names (not

sub-materials) are checked for duplicates.

Auto Rename Merged Material—Automatically

renames the incoming materials to new names.

Uses Material number names based on the next

available Material number.

Apply to All Duplicates—Treats all subsequent

incoming Materials w ith duplicate names the same

way you specified for the current object.