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•Changingthecameraview.
• Undo (for v iews).
• Undo (for objects).
• Assigning a different view type.
• Toggling Safe Frames displa y on or off.
• Changing the rendering parameters.
• Moving the time slider when the viewpor t
contains an animated background image.
Note: Viewports can use the current E nvironment
Map (set on the
Environment panel (page 3–268)
of the Environment and Effects dialog) as the
background image.
Procedure
To update the back ground image displayed in a
viewport:
1.
Activate a viewport that contains a background
image.
2. Choose Views m enu > Update Background
Image.
Reset Background Transform
Views menu > Reset Background Transform (available
only when a viewpor t background image is displayed a nd
Lock Zoom/Pan is turned on)
Reset Background Transform rescales and
recenters the cur rent background to fit an
orthographic or user viewport. Use this command
when you want to reset the background to the
new position of your geometry. See Procedure for
detailed requirements.
Procedure
To r eset the ba ck gr ound to f it t he v iewpor t:
1.
Activate an orthographic or user viewport that
has a background image.
2. Press ALT+B .
3. Turn on either Match Bitmap or Match
RenderingOutput,andthenturnonLock
Zoom/Pan.
4. Click OK.
5. Choose Views menu > Reset Background
Transfor m .
The background image readjusts in the
view por t.
Show Transform Gizmo
Views menu > Show Transform Gizmo
Keyboard > X
Show Transform Gizmo toggles the display of
the Transform gizmo
axis tripod (page 1–403)
for all v iewports w hen objects are selected and a
transform is active.
Additional controls for the Transform gizmo are
found on the
Gizmo Preferences sett ings (page
3–877)
.
When the Transform gizmo is turned off, Show
Transform Gizmo controls the display of the axis
tripod on selected objects.
The state of Transform gizmo is saved in
3dsmax.ini , so it’s m aintained b etween scenes and
sessions.
The related entries in the
3dsmax.ini file are:
• INI: Transformgizmo=1 (for Transform Gizmo
visibility, controlled by Preferences)
• INI: ShowAxisIcon=1 (for Axis Icon v isibility,
controlled in Views menu)
The visibility of the Axis tripod overrides the
visibility of the Transform Gizmo. If you turn off
the Transform Gizmo in Preferences, the Axis
tripod remains on the selected object. If you then
turn off the Show Transform Gizmo in the Views
menu, it actually turns off the Axis tripod. When