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CHAPTER 1 GettinG to Know 3ds Max desiGn 2010
New Features and Essential Skills Movies/What’s New and Learning Path The new fea-
tures and additional skills movies are located on the Autodesk website, and an active Internet
connection is required to view them. When you no longer want the dialog box to appear as 3ds
Max opens, simply uncheck the Show This Dialog at Startup option in the lower-left corner.
The dialog box can then be opened by choosing Help  Learning Movies from the menu bar.
Graphite Modeling Tools The new Graphite Modeling tools provide over 100 new model-
ing features for organic sculpting, texture painting in the viewports, and advanced polygon
modeling. They are available on the new Graphite Modeling Ribbon. These tools bring a new
level of interactivity to modeling in 3ds Max.
Containers Containers are a new toolset within 3ds Max designed to improve project col-
laboration and workflows by aggregating multiple objects into containers. Similar objects in a
scene can be added to a container so you can interact with them as one unit. Containers can
be loaded and unloaded from the viewports as necessary to improve the performance of 3ds
Max Design 2010.
Material Explorer The new Material Explorer is a hierarchical display that allows you to
review and manage all materials in a scene. Unlike the Material Editor, the Material Explorer
does not suffer from a limitation of how many materials it can display at one time.
Exposure lighting validation When architectural or engineering visualizations are being
created, accurate simulation of lighting conditions can be vitally important to a project’s suc-
cess. The Exposure feature, only available in 3ds Max Design, allows you to create more sus-
tainable design projects by analyzing the interaction of artificial lighting, sun, and skylight
directly in your models. This information can be studied right in the viewports. Although
the Exposure name is trademarked by Autodesk, you won’t actually find “Exposure” any-
where in the Help file or 3ds Max Interface.
xView Mesh Analyzer The xView Mesh Analyzer feature allows you to check your mod-
els in the viewport for common mesh errors such as overlapping UV coordinates, isolated
Figure 1.1
The new Learning
Movies dialog box
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