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Layer L ist—
This field displays all the layers that
make up the drawing and shows their status such
as on/off, frozen/unfrozen or locked/unlocked.
Spline R ende ring panel
The controls on this panel are identical in name
and operation to those found on the Rendering
rollout of an
Editable Spline (page 1–284) .The
values of these settings are ‘set’ for a l l imported
shapes. Once the import is complete, you can
change the settings as necessary for each object.
Enab le In Render er—When on, the shape is
rendered as a 3D mesh using the Radial or
Rectangular parameters set for Renderer. In
previous versions of the program, the Renderable
switch performed t he same operation.
Enable In V iewport—When on, the shape is
displayedintheviewportasa3Dmeshusingthe
Radial or Rectangular parameters set for Renderer.
In previous versions of the program, the Display
Render Mesh performed the same operation.
Use Viewport settings—Lets you set different
rendering parameters, and displays the mesh
generated by the Viewport settings. Available only
when Enable in Viewport is turned on.
Generate Mapping Coords—Tu rn t his on to apply
mapping coordinates. Default=off.
3ds Max generates the mapping coordinates in
the U and V dimensions. The U coordinate
wraps once around t he spline; the V coordinate is
mappedoncealongitslength.Tilingisachieved
using the Tiling parameters in the applied material.
For more information, see
Mapping Coordinates
(page 2–1249)
.
Real-World Ma p Size—Controls the scaling
method used for texture mapped materials that
areappliedtotheobject.Thescalingvaluesare
controlled by the Use Real-World Scale settings
found in the applied material’s
Coordinates rollout
(page 2–1434)
.Default=on.
Auto Smooth—If Auto Smooth is turned on,
thesplineisauto-smoothedusingthethreshold
specified by the Threshold setting below it. Auto
Smooth sets the smo othing based on the angle
between spline segments. Any two adjacent
segmentsareputinthesamesmoothinggroupif
the angle between them is less than t he threshold
angle.
Threshold—Specifies the threshold angle in
degrees. Any two adjacent spline segments are put
inthesamesmoothinggroupiftheanglebetween
them is less than the threshold angle.
Viewport—Turn this on to specify Radial or
Rectangular parameters for the shape as it wil l
display in the viewport when Enable in Viewport
is turned on.