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Group—
Displays a list of button categories.
The groups of icons change with each category
selection.
Odd Onl y—Certain icon sets, like Internal, Classic,
Main toolbar and others, are designed in pairs that
show what the tool looks like when the button
is enabled, and what it looks like when disabled.
When Odd Only is turned on, only the odd
numbered icons (enabled) are displayed, when
Odd Only is tu rned off, all of the icons, enabled
and disabled, are displayed.
S av ing a nd Loa ding Cu stom
User I nterf a ces
You can customize your workspace by saving and
loading custom user interface (UI) schemes.
A custom UI scheme is saved as a set of six files:
•
.cui :
Stores toolbar and panel layouts.
•
.cl r:
Stores all color settings (except quad
menu colors).
•
.m nu:
Stores menu bar and quad menu
contents.
•
.qop:
Stores quad menu colors, layout, and
behavior.
•
.kbd:
Stores keybo a rd shortcut assignments.
•
.ui:
Stores the icon scheme (Classic or 2D Black
and White).
You can load and save e ach of these files
individually from their respective panels in the
Customize User Interface dialog (page 3–836)
.
You can also load an entire set of UI scheme files
at once with the
Load Custom UI Scheme dialog
(page 3–849)
,andyoucansavethecurrentUI
scheme as a complete set with the
Save Custom UI
Scheme dialog (page 3–850)
.
By default, two sets of UI schemes are present in
the
3dsmax\UI\
folder:
maxstart
and
defaultUI
.
Upon startup, 3ds Max uses the
maxstart
file series
ifitexists;ifnot,itusesthe
defaultui
series.
Wa rn in g: D o not save over any files that begin with
defaultUI
, as doing so will permanently over write the
default UI scheme.
Procedures
To load a custom UI scheme:
1.
Set up the custom UI scheme within 3ds Max
usingtheoptionsontheCustomizemenu>
Customize User Interface dialog (page 3–836)
.
2. SavethecustomUIschemewithCustomize
menu > Save Custom UI Scheme.
3. During your current 3ds Max session or any
later session, choose Customize menu > Load
Custom UI Scheme.
4. IntheLoadCustomUISchemedialog,selecta
type of customization file (
.cui
,
.mnu
,
.clr
,
.kbd
,
.qmo
,or
.ui
)fromtheFilesofTypedrop-down
list.
5. Chooseanyfilewiththeappropriateextension.
The software will search for (and load) any
othertypeofUIschemefilewiththesamebase
file name.
If you choose a UI scheme for which one of
the six file typ e s is not present, the part of the
user interface for which there is no file will not
be changed.
To retur n to the defa ult UI scheme:
If you star t 3ds Max and its user interface has an
unfamiliarlayout,youcanalwaysreturntothe
default UI scheme.
1. Choose Customize > Lo ad Custom UI Scheme.
2. FromtheLoadUIFiledialogthatdisplays,
choose
defaultui.cui
,andclickOpen.