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Display Properties

In the

Layer Properties dialog on page 7237 , you can specify layer visibility

individually for each viewport. If you don’t want to display a certain layer,

you can hide that layer. 3ds Max hides the layer in the viewport, but not in

any output rendered image of the scene.

NOTE For hidden geometry to render, Render Hidden Geometry must be turned

on in the

Render Scene dialog > Common Parameters rollout on page 5929 .

You can specify layers to display objects

shaded on page 7370 , in wireframe

mode

on page 7973 , as a bounding box on page 7736 , or as whatever is set on

the

Viewport Properties menu on page 7370 . Using this method, you can have

different objects displayed differently in the same scene.

You can display layers in

See-Through mode on page 7240 . See-Through mode

temporarily displays selected objects in translucent form so you can see through

them without applying special materials. You can toggle See-Through mode

for all objects per layer.

NOTE You can control whether newly created objects adopt the default layer

settings on a per-object basis by using Default To By Layer For New Nodes in the

General Preferences panel on page 7534 .

You can also Freeze, Hide, or Isolate the layer of a selected object using the

corresponding command in the display quadrant of the quad menu.

Layer Names

You can create and name a layer for each conceptual grouping (such as walls

or terrain) and assign common properties to those layers. By grouping objects

into layers, you can control their display and make changes quickly and

efficiently. When you name layers, you can use names of variable length up

to 255 characters. These names can contain letters, digits, blank spaces, and

the special characters dollar sign ($), hyphen (-), and underscore (_).

NOTE Any layers from a linked AutoCAD file are automatically imported to 3ds

Max. 3ds Max names the converted layers based on the layer names from the

AutoCAD drawing.