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Customize menu to lo ad and save these custom UI
files, or to revert to the startup user interface.
System preferences such as keyboard shortcuts,
viewport configuration, units setup, gr id and snap
settings, and many important default settings, are
also on the Customize menu.
Tip: You can access many of these commands
with k eyboard shortcuts or right-click options.
For example, you can display the Grid and
Snap Settings dialog by right-clicking the Snaps
buttons on the main toolbar; you can display the
View port Configuration dialog by rig ht-clicking
the viewport label, and then choo sing Configure.
MAXScr ipt Menu
Menu bar > MAXScript
Utilities panel > MAXScript
This menu contains commands for working with
scripts you create with the software ’s built-in
scripting language,
MAXScr ipt (page 1–xx) .
New Scr ipt (page 3–824)
Open Script (page 3–824)
Run Script (page 3–824)
MAXScript Listener (page 3–824)
Macro Recorder (page 3–825)
Visual MAX Scr ipt Editor (page 3–826)
MAXScript Debugger Dialog (page 3–826)
There is also a MAXScript Mini Listener (page
3–746)
on the status bar (page 3–746) .
For detailed information about the MAXScript
utility, open the MAXScript Reference, available
from Help menu > MAXScript Reference.
Help Menu
Menu bar > Help
The Help menu prov ides access to the 3ds Max
online reference systems.
New Features Guide (page 3–973)
User Refe rence (p age 3–973)
MAXScript Reference (page 3–973)
Tutorials (page 3–974)
Hotkey Map (page 3–974)
Additional Help (page 3–974)
3ds Max on the Web (page 3–974)
Ac tivate 3ds Max (p age 3–975)
License B or rowing—If you’re running 3ds Max
under a network license, you can use this submenu
to borrow or retur n a license. For details, see the
Autodesk License Borrowing Utility help, which is
available as the file
adsk_brw.chm ,installedinthe
\program files\common files\autodesk shared\enu
folder on your local drive (typically, drive C:).
About 3ds Max (page 3–975)
Toolba r s
Manyofthecommandsin3dsMaxareavailableas
buttons on a toolbar. By default, two toolbars are
displayed: the
main toolbar (page 3–733) and the
reactor (p age 3–736) toolbar. By default, the main
toolbar is docked at the top of the interface and
the reactor toolbar is docked on the left side of the
interface. You can, however, place them wherever
you want. See
Customizing the User Interface
(page 3–829)
for more information.