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See also
Plug-Ins Path Configuration (page 3–857)
Inter face
When you start the Plug-in Manager, it scans
through all the plug-in paths specified in the
plugin.ini file and lists them in the Plu g -in
Manager dialog. The information is divided up
into columns as described below.
Tag—Use the right-click menu and select Tag
Selected to add a check mark for selected plug-ins.
Tagging plug-ins lets you perform right-click
menu actions on them. Thus you can tag multiple
plug-ins and per form a single operation on al l of
them.
Name—Thefilenameoftheplug-in.
Description—A description of the plug-in.
Status—Indicates whether the plug-in is loaded
(green) or deferred (yellow).
Size—File size of the plug-in.
Full Pat h—The disk location of the plug-in file.
Plug-in Directories
These are the plug-in directories listed in
plugin.ini . You can also configure these paths via
the
3rd Party Plug-Ins panel (page 3–857) of the
Configure User Paths dialog. You can display or
hide all the plug-ins in a directory by togg ling the
check box.
Description—Shows directory description from
plugin.ini file.
Loa d Pat h—The path of the plug-in directory.
Right-Click Menu
The right-click menu for the Plug-in Manager
works in the list of plug-ins, and in the blank area
beneath the list. It does not work in the list of
plug-in directories. The commands apply to two
possible states for the listed plug-ins: selected (that
is, hig h lig hted) and tagged (a check mark appears
to the left of the plug-in’s name).
Selected Plug-ins—To load plug-ins, highlight
oneormoreplug-ins,choosethisitem,andthen
choose Load.
Clear S election—Removes hig h lig hting from all
items in the list.
Tagged Plug-ins—To load tagged plug-ins, choose
this item, and then choose Load.
Tag Selected—Tags all highlig hted plug-ins.
Cle ar Tag s —Clears all tags.
Load New Plug-in—Load s a plug-in from the hard
drive. Use the file dialog to locate the plug-in, and
then click Open.
Refresh V iew—Refreshes the list of plug-ins.
Custom UI and Defaults Switcher
Customize menu > Custom UI and Defaults Switcher
Artistsanddesignersindifferentindustriesuse
3ds Max in different ways. The Custom UI and
Defaults Switcher lets you quickly change your
program defaults and UI scheme to more closely
match the t ype of work you are doing.
The
Initial settings for tool options control the
defaultsettingsforvariousfeaturesin3dsMax,
while the UI Schemes control how the 3ds Max
interface will look.