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Adaptive D e gradation Opt ions 901
fields to the left and four fields down. The 12-field
grid is a reference for this type of placement.
4x3/12x9—Lets you choose between two matrices
of either 12 or 108 cells.
Application group
Show Sa fe Frames in Activ e Vi ew—Toggles the
frame displays on or off for the current viewport.
This option is duplicated by the Show Safe Frame
item in the viewport right-click menu.
Ungrouped
Default Setti ngs—Resets all values to the default
values.
Adaptive Degradation Options
Customize menu > Viewport Configuration > Viewport
Configuration dialog > Adaptive Degradation tab
Right-click a vi ew por t label. > Configure > Viewport
Configuration dialog > Adaptive Degradation tab
Yo u a d j u s t t h e a d a p t i v e v i e w p o r t r e d r a w m e t h o d s
ontheAdaptiveDegradationpanelofthe
Viewport Configuration dialog. The
adaptive
degradation (page 3–999)
settings are saved with
your
.max file.
Inter face
General Degradation and Active D egradation
groups
Select the boxes in each column to indicate the
rendering modes to step through during necessary
degradation. Those selected in the General
Degradationcolumnaffectallinactiveviewports,
whilethoseselectedintheActiveDegradation
column affect only the active v iewport.
Degrade Parameters group
Maintain FPS—Lets you set the framerate(page
3–1038)
in frames per second that adaptive display
wi ll attempt to maintain.
Reset on Mouse Up—Resets the rendering level as
the mouse is released. If turned on, the program
tries rendering levels, selected in the degradation
settings, to achieve optimal quality whi le stil l
maintaining the playback rate. If turned off, the
rendering level immediately drops to the previous
minimum.
Show rebuild cursor—Displays a curs or to show
when the viewport rendering level is being
recalculated.
Interrupt Settings group
Update T i me—Sets the interval between up dates
during view por t rendering. At each interval, a
new section of the rendering is drawn on screen.
If set to 0, nothing is drawn until the rendering is
complete.
Interrupt Time—Sets the interval b etween times
when the program checks for a mouse-down event
during viewport rendering. Small values free the
mousemorequickly,soyoucanusethemouse
elsewhere without waiting for it to "wake up."
To override adaptive degradation, turn off the
Degradation Override button on the prompt
line. Press O (letter "o") to turn off adaptive
degradation, and press O (letter " o") again to turn
it back on.