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MAXScript Preferences 879
sw itch to Linear Roll to prevent loss of control over
the gizmo.
This occurs when a Primary axis is nearly 90
degrees to the view plane, mak ing it different to
circle around. Any angle to the view plane that
is higher than this setting wil l use Crank mode,
but any angle equal to or less than this setting will
always function as a Linear Roll.
Scale Gizmo group
Relative Size (% )—Sets the size of the Move gizmo,
relativetotheSizevalueoftheTransformgizmo.
Range= 0.0 to 500.0.
Uniform Handle Size (% )—Setsthesizeofthe
handle for uniform scaling (the distance from
thetransformcentertotheedgeoftheuniform
handle), as a percentage of the scale gizmo size.
2–Ax is Ha ndle Size (% )—Sets the size of the handle
for non-uniform scaling along 2–axes (the distance
fromtheedgeoftheuniformhandletotheedge
ofthe2–axishandle),asapercentageofthescale
gizmo size.
Uniform 2–Axis Scaling—Forces scaling using a
2–axis plane handle to be uniform.
Move/Rotate Transforms group
Controls the way yo u can mo ve selected objects
w ith the mouse in a non-
orthographic (page
3–1080)
view such as Perspective (page 3–1086) .
Intersection—Shoots a ray from the mouse point
into the screen. This ma kes moving objects
easier, but as you move toward the
horizon (page
3–1047)
, the object moves great distances.
Proj ection—Projects the motion of the mouse
onto the plane. This ensures that there are no
singularities at the horizon, and that motion is
always smooth and stable. However, it can become
difficult to mov e objects when the plane is not
parallel to the screen.
Per sp Sens —Sets mouse sensitivity for projection
transforms.
Rotation Increment—Specifie s the a m ount of
rotation generated by moving the mouse 1 pixel.
Lowerthisvalueforangularrotationssmallerthan
the default .5 degrees. The lower this value, t he
more mouse movement is needed to rotate objects.
Viewport Arc Rotate Snap Angle—Sets the amount
of rotation in degrees.
Turn on Angle Snap on the main toolbar,
and then use
Arc Rotate (page 3–787) to rotate
a viewport. The viewport rotation snaps by the
value set here. The Arc Rotate cursor displays a
smallmagnetintheupperlefttoindicatethat
Angle Snap is tur ned on.
MAXScript Preferences
Customize m enu > Preferences > Preference Settings
dialog > M AXScript tab
On the MAXScript panel of the Preference Settings
dialog, you set MAXScr ipt and Macro Recorder
preferences, enable or disable auto-loading of
scripts, set the initial heap size, change font
sty le and size u sed in the M AXScript editor, and
manage all the settings for the Macro Recorder.
You can also change these settings by editing the
[MAXScript] section of the
3dsmax.ini file.
Note: Two p aths to support auto-startup scr ipts
are on the
Configure User Paths dialog (page
3–852)
and Configure System Paths dialog (page
3–854)
: ..\scr ipts and ..\scripts\startup .Ifyou
prefer to start scripts from a different directory,
you c an change these default directories with the
corresponding Customize menu commands.
Choose Help > MAXScript Reference for details
on MAXScript.