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Customizing the User Inter face
You can rearrange the components of the 3ds Max
user interface, including the menu bar, toolbars,
and command panel. You can also dynamically
resize the viewport windows. You can specify
which toolbars should appear and which should be
hidden, and create y our own keyboard shortcuts,
custom toolbars, and quad menus. You can also
customize the colors used in the User Interface.
The procedures in this topic tell how to rearrange
and resize UI components. Various other
customization options are available from the
Customize menu (page 3–731) .
See also
Customize Display Right-Click Menu (page
3–831)
Customize User Interface Dialog (page 3–836)
Saving and Loading Custom User Interfaces (page
3–848)
Revert to Star tup Layout (page 3–851)
Configure Paths (p age 3–852)
Preferences (page 3–859)
Procedures
To switch between a single-v iewport and
multi-v iewport layout:
• By default, 3ds Max starts with a
multi-viewport.Toswitchtoasingle-viewport
layout, activate a viewport and click the
Min/Max Toggle (p age 3–780) .
To resize the windows in a multi-viewport layout:
• With your cursor, click the splitter b ar between
any two viewports, or at the intersection of all
four viewports, and drag to a new location.
When you release the mouse, the new viewp or t
layout is defined.
The dividers are saved in the scene, but are reset
when you change the layout. This feature does
not allow you to define new lay outs, only to
adjust the proportions of the currently existing
ones.
To reset the v iewpor t windows to the defa ult lay out:
1.
Right-click the splitter bar between the
view por ts.
The Reset Layout button is displayed.
2. Click this button to restore the viewports to the
default multi-viewport layout.
Customizing the User Inter face