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Starting 3ds Max from the Command Line 719
•MaterialEditor
• Material/Map Browser (mo deless version)
• mental ray Messages Window
• Parameter Collector
• Parameter Editor
•RenameObjects
•Renderdialog
• Render to Texture
• Rigid Body Property editor
•SelectionFloater
•SpacingTool
•TransformType-In
•VideoPost
The one exception is Particle View, which has
always been toggled by its keyboard shor tcut (6),
but is not toggled by the Modify panel > Particle
View button.
Starting 3ds Max from the
Command Line
You can start the program from the command line
in a Command Prompt window, or include the
command line in a batch file. There are a number
of switches that you can use on the command line.
To star t 3ds Max from the command line:
1.
Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Change director y to the 3ds Max root director y,
if this directory is not in your PATH statement.
3. Type 3ds ma x to start the program. Optionally,
add a command-line switch (see below).
Command-Li ne S witches
You can use the following switches after 3ds ma x
on the command line.
Switch Effect
-c othercui Starts program using
othercui.cui
instead of
maxstart.cui
.
-d Causes Track View to use a double-buffered
display, which is smoother than the
single-buffered display but uses more system
resources.
-g
Makes background white (instead of gray) in
the following dialo gs: Track View, R AM Player,
Video Post, Loft, and Falloff Curve. Useful
for screen captures when using a display
mode less than 24 bits deep, for avoiding
background patterns.
-h Allows choice of graphics drivers: Softwa re,
Open GL, Direct3D, and Custom.
-i otherfile Starts program using
otherfile.ini
instead of
3dsmax.ini
.
-l Loads the last
.max
file automatically.
-ma
Open maximized.
-mi
Open minimized.
-n
Disables network mode.
-p other file Starts program using
otherfile.ini
instead of
plugin.ini
.
-q
Starts program "quietly," without the splash
screen.
-s
Starts program in server mode.
-u
Opens utility.
-v
Loads a display driver. See details following,
under "Using the
VOption."
Note:
Itisnotpossibletoselectwhichversionof
Direct3D you wil l use with this switch.
-z
Writes version number to file. See details
following, under "Using the
ZOption."
anyscene
Starts the program and opens a file called
anyscene.max
.
A sp ace must separate the program executable
name and the command-line switch.
Examples:
3dsm ax l
3dsm ax
iotherfile