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CHAPTER 1 GettinG to Know 3ds Max desiGn 2010
bars. These bars display the titles of the rollouts. They let you open and close a set of options to
get them out of the way, or to roll them out for use. Try the following:
1. Click the rollout labeled Parameters. The options below the Parameters rollout disappear.
Also notice that the minus (–) sign to the left of the rollout changes to a plus (+) sign. This
indicates that the rollout is in its closed state. The plus tells you that there is more infor-
mation inside, waiting to be rolled out.
2. Click the rollout labeled Name and Color. It also closes and displays a plus (+) sign to the
left. Click the rollout to open it again. Right-click on a blank part of the interface within
any one of the rollouts and you’ll see a context menu. Select Close All.
3. Notice that the Parameters and Depth of Field Parameters rollouts closed but Object Type
and Name and Color remained open. This is because all objects on the Create Panel have
Object Type and Name and Color rollouts, and these always remain open by default. Any
additional rollouts belong to the object you have chosen to create and can be controlled
with this context menu. Try dragging the Depth of Field Parameters rollout above the
Parameters rollout.
4. You will see a horizontal blue bar appear with an image of the rollout you are dragging
ghosted. When you release the mouse, the rollout you are dragging gets docked where
the blue bar was. Now the Depth of Field Parameters rollout should appear above the
Parameters rollout.
5. Click the Parameters and Depth of Field Parameters rollouts again to display the options.
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