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Select by Name Opens the Select Objects dialog on page 168 , which lists all
objects and highlights the XRef objects selected in the XRef Entities list. If an
XRef controller or XRef material is selected in the XRef Entities list, the Select
Objects dialog highlights the object to which the XRef controller or material
belongs to.
Highlight Selected Objects' XRefs When XRef objects are selected in the
scene, the XRef record to which they belong is highlighted in the XRef Record
list and the XRef objects and their XRef entities are highlighted in the XRef
Entities list.
Highlight All Highlights all XRef entities in the XRef Entities list.
Highlight Inverse Highlights all XRef entities in the XRef Entities list except
the currently highlighted XRef entities.
Highlight None Turns off highlighting for any XRef entities currently
highlighted in the XRef Entities list.
List Objects Toggles the display of XRef objects for the current XRef record
in the XRef Entities list.
List Materials Toggles the display of XRef materials for the current XRef
record in the XRef Entities list.
List Controllers Toggles the display of XRef controllers for the current XRef
record in the XRef Entities list.
The state of List Objects, List Materials, and List Controllers is the same as the
state of the toolbar buttons in the XRef Objects dialog. Changing the state in
the menu changes the button state, and vice versa.
Merge In Scene Merges the current selection in the XRef Entities list into
the master scene (the current scene). Use this option to change XRef objects
or materials into objects that are native to the current scene. The connection
between the external entity from the source scene and your master scene is
broken, and the object, controller, or material that you merged is no longer
updated when the source scene changes.
3ds Max prompts you to confirm the merge.
Since a merged XRef object becomes part of the scene and is no longer an
XRef object, its name is removed from the list.
Merging an XRef object loads the full modifier stack of the original object,
while maintaining any additional stack items that were added while the object
was an XRef object. Thus, you can use Merge to update an original object that
has been altered as an external reference. If you do this, use Convert Selected
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