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Resetting has the same effect as exiting and restarting 3ds Max.
TIP To change the startup defaults, start 3ds Max and make the adjustments you
would like to see at startup. Then save the file to your scenes/ directory as
maxstart.max .
Procedures
If you have made changes since the last Save operation, a dialog prompts you
whether you want to save your changes.
To reset 3ds Max:
1 Choose File > Reset.
If you have made any changes since the last Save operation, a dialog
prompts you to save them. As further protection against data loss, a
confirmation dialog appears.
2 When asked if you really want to reset, click Yes.
Clicking No on this dialog cancels the Reset operation.
Open
File menu > Open
Keyboard > Ctrl+O
Open loads a scene file (MAX file), character file (CHR file), or VIZ Render file
(
DRF File on page 6964 ) from an Open File dialog. You can also choose a
previously opened file and use
command-line options on page 7254 .
The MAX file type is a complete scene file.
A CHR file is a character file saved with Save Character. For more information
on the CHR file format, see
Character Assembly on page 217 and Save
Character
on page 243 .
A DRF file is a scene file from VIZ Render, a rendering tool included with
AutoCAD Architecture (formerly Autodesk Architectural Desktop). The DRF
file type is similar to MAX files from previous versions of Autodesk VIZ.
If the file you're loading was created using plug-ins that are not installed, a
dialog lists them. You can still load the file, but any entities in the scene that
were created by the missing plug-ins are replaced with stand-ins; non-rendering
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