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Configure Modifier Sets Dialog 815
Configure Modifier S ets Dialog
Modify panel > Configure Modifier S ets button >
Configure Modifier Sets
This d ialog lets you create custom modifier and
button sets for the Modify panel.
Pr ocedur es
To choose a modifi er a nd button set to edit:
• Choose a button set from the Sets drop-down
list.
To crea te a new modif ier an d button set :
1.
Create a custom button set in the Modifiers
group box. You use these controls:
• Use Total Buttons to change the n umber of
buttons.
•DragamodifierfromtheModifierslistto
abutton.
• Hig hlight a button, and then double-click
a modifier in the Modifiers list. (When
youassignabuttonbydouble-clicking,the
highlightmovestothenextbuttoninthe
Modifiers group.)
2. Enter the new set’s name in the Sets edit field.
3. Click Save.
4. Click OK to leave the Configure Modifier Sets
dialog.
To customize the current modifier a nd button set:
1.
Use Total Buttons to choose the number of
buttons in the set.
2. Assign buttons by dragging the names of
modifiers in t he dialog’s Modifiers l ist to
buttonsintheModifiersgroupbox.
3. Click OK.
3dsMaxupdatestheModifierslist. Youcan
customize the set without saving it, but if you
saveanewsetunderanewname,youcanuse
it later.
Interfa ce
Modifiers—Lists all modifiers currently available.
It’s organized into these categories: Channel
Info, Max Edit, Max Standard, Deformations,
Max Sur face, Surface Tools, Modifiers, Radiosity,
LIGHT, Max Additional, Shell, Spline Edits, World
Space Modifiers, and others. To add a modifier to
the current button set, drag the modifier’s name
from this list onto a button in the Modifiers group
box.
Sets—This edit field and drop-down list lets you
choose the modifier set to edit. To create a new
button set, enter the name in the edit field, and
then click Save.
Save—Saves the current button set.
Delete—Deletes the current button set.
Impor tant: You can’t undo deleting a button set.
Total Buttons—
Sets the number of buttons in the
button set. A button set can have up to 32 buttons.