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Delete Deletes a selected atmospheric effect from the list.
Active Sets the on/off state for the individual effects in the list. This is a
convenient way to isolate effects within a list of complicated atmospheric
functions.
Move Up / Move Down Moves the selected item in the list up or down to
change the order in which the atmospheric effects are applied.
Merge Merges effects from other 3ds Max scene files.
When you click Merge, the Merge Atmospheric Effects dialog appears. Choose
a 3ds Max scene, and then click Open. The Merge Atmospheric Effects dialog
then lists the effects in the scene that can be merged. Select one or more of
the effects, and then click OK to merge them into the scene.
The list shows the names of the atmospheric effects only, but when you merge
an effect, the lights or gizmos bound to that effect are merged as well. If one
of these objects you’re merging has the same name as one already in the scene,
an alert appears giving you the following choices:
■ You can rename the incoming object by changing its name in the editable
field.
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