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Snaps Toolbar 737
Inter face
Rend er P reset Sl ot A , B, an d C—Click a button to
make its presets active.
If you haven’t assig ned presets to a button, clicking
it has no effect. If presets are assigned, then after
you click the button, its name appears in the field
above the drop-down list: “a,” “b,” or “c.”
After assignment, each button has its own render
preset (RPS) fi le:
a.rps, b.rps, and c.rps .These
are saved in the
\renderpresets folder below the
3ds Max root directory. The active preset status is
notsavedwiththeMAXscene,butitissavedin
the
3dsmax.ini file.
R end er Pres et s dr op -down li s t—Lets you choose
from among a set of preset rendering parameters,
or load or save rendering parameter settings. See
Preset Rendering Options (page 3–23) .
Thislististhesameastheonethatappearsatthe
bottom of the
Render Scene dialog (p age 3–2) .
S naps Tool bar
Right-click unused area of any toolbar. > S naps
The Snaps toolbar provides access to the most
common Snaps settings.
TotoggledisplayoftheSnapstoolbar,right-click
an empty area of the main toolbar, such as the
section under the Reference Coordinate System
drop-down, and choose Snaps. For details on the
button functions, see
Standard Snaps (page 2–40)
and Snap Options (page 2–43) .
B r ush Pr esets Toolba r
Right-click unused area of any toolbar. > Brush Presets
The Brush Presets toolbar gives you quick access
to up to 50 different brush settings for use with the
following paint-oriented tools:
•
Paint Deformation (page 1–1065)
(Edit/Editable Poly)
•
Paint S oft S election (page 1–948) (Edit/Editable
Poly)
•
VertexPaint modifier (page 1–918)
• Skin modifier (page 1–781)
Youcanalsousethetoolbartocreatenewpresets
and to open t he
Brush Preset Manager (page
3–739)
, which lets you e dit presets, and save and
load groups of presets. The current group of
presets is saved when you quit 3ds Max and is
restored the next time you start the program.
Note: Only one set of presets is a vailable at a time.
The Brush Presets feature stores context-specific
features,suchastheVertexPaintcolor,butagiven
preset has the same size (or size r ange) in
every
context. Other context-independent settings are
Strength and Mirror options (set via the
Painter
Options dialog (page 1–801)
.
Procedure
To use the B r ush Presets toolbar :
1.
A ccess any of the brush tools listed above.
The tool star ts with a default brush.
2. Right-click an empty area on a toolbar, such as
the main toolbar b elow the Named Selection
Sets drop-down list, and choose Brush Presets.