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Inter face
Tip: You can resize the dialog by dragging an edge
or a corner.
UsetheLookInfieldtonavigatetoother
directories.Clickthefoldertochooseit.Thefiles
display in the window. Display or hide the details
usingListorDetailsbuttons.IfDetailsisturned
on, you can sort by clicking the column labels in
the window.
UsetheFilesoftypedrop-downmenutosearch
for other types of customization files. The default
is
.cui
, but you can also search for
.clr, .mnu, .kbd,
.qop
,and
.ui
files. When you choose a filename,
all files with that base file name will be loaded.
Save Custom UI Scheme
Customize menu > Save Custom UI Scheme
ThisstandardWindowsfilesavedialogletsyou
save your customized UI scheme.
This dialog works differently from other dialogs
that save files. In this dialog, after you enter a
base fi le name and click Save, the Custom Scheme
dialog appears. On the Custom Scheme dialog ,
you set the types of user interface schemes to
save. A file is saved for each type of scheme you
select, each with a specific extension for that type
of scheme. When you load any one of the custom
UI scheme files w ith the
Load Custom UI Scheme
dialog (page 3–849)
, t he entire set of files with the
same base file name will b e loaded.
OntheSaveCustomUISchemedialog,thebase
name of the current UI scheme is filled in by
default. You can enter the name of the base file
name in the File Name field, or click in the list to
choose an existing base file name. You can click a
file with any UI scheme extension to sav e to the
base file name from that file.
IfyouwantthecurrentUItoloadautomatically
every time y ou load 3ds Max, y ou can save to the
base fi le name
maxstart
.Alternately,youcanturn
on the Save UI Configuration On Exit option on
the Customize menu > Preferences >
General tab
(page 3–859)
.ThiswillcausetheUIschemethatis
currentatthetimeyouclose3dsMaxtobesaved
tothebasefilename
maxstart
.Thisoptionison
by default.
Wa rn in g: Do not save over the base file name
defaultUI
,
as doing so will permanently overwrite the default UI
scheme files.