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Display Properties Rollout 55
Inter face
Freeze S elected—Freezes the selected object(s).
Freeze Unsel ected—Freezes all visible objects
except the selected ones. Use this to quickly freeze
all the objects except the one you’re working on.
Freeze by Na me—Displays a dialog that lets you
choose objects to f reeze from a list. See
Select
Objects dialog (page 1–78)
,whichdescribesnearly
identical controls.
Freeze by H it—Freezes any object you click in a
viewport. If you press CTRL while selecting an
object,thatobjectandallofitschildrenarefrozen.
To exit Freeze by Hit mode, rig ht-click, press
ESC, or select a different function. This mode is
automatically turned off if you freeze a ll objects
in the scene.
Unfr eeze All —Unfreezes all frozen objects.
Note: If you click Unfreeze All in a scene w ith
frozen layers, a dialog opens prompting you to
unfreeze al l layers. You cannot unfreeze an object
onafrozenlayer.
Unfr eeze by Na me—Displays a dialog that lets you
choose objects to unfreeze from a list. See
Select
Objects dialog (page 1–78)
,whichdescribesnearly
identical controls.
Note: Ifyouunfreezebynameanobjectonafrozen
layer, a dialog opens prompting you to unfreeze
the object’s layer. You cannot unfreeze an object
onafrozenlayer.
Unfr eeze by Hi t—Unfreezes a ny object you click in
the viewport. If you press CTRL while selecting
an object, that object and all of its children are
unfrozen.
If you select an object on a f rozen layer, a dialog
will pop up prompting you to unfreeze the object’s
layer.Youcannotunfreezeanobjectonafrozen
layer.
Display Properties Rollout
Display pane l > Display Properties rollout
The Display Properties rollout provides controls
that alter the display of selected objects.
Note: In 3ds Max, by default you set display
properties by layer rather than by object. To set a
layer’s display properties, open the
Layer Manager
(page 3–706)
,right-clickthelayername,choose
Layer Properties from the menu, and then use the
Layer Properties dialog (page 3–711) .
See also
Link Display Rollout (page 1–58)
Procedure
To display tr ajectories using the Display panel:
1.
Select one or more animated objects.
2. Right-click the select ion, and choose
Properties.
3. In the D isplay prop erties group, click By Layer
to change it to By Object, and then click OK.
4. Expand the Display Properties rollout in the
Display panel.
5. Tu r n on Tr aje c tor y.