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4. Click the sample Perspective viewport in the lower-right corner and select Right from the
pop-up menu.
5. Click the sample Left viewport in the lower-left corner and select Front from the pop-up
menu.
6. Click OK. Now you have a layout that shows the top, front, and right views, plus a perspec-
tive view, arranged in a more traditional manner. Change the Right viewport to Hidden
Line mode. Perform a Zoom Extents All and your viewports should look like Figure 1.67.
As you can see from what you’ve learned so far, 3ds Max Design 2010 provides a wide array
of display options, but most of the time, you’ll stick with one viewport layout which is comfort-
able for you. For the purposes of this book, you’ll use the default layout that shows the four
equal-size viewports.
Before you conclude your tour of the 3ds Max interface, let’s see how the Move tool acts in the
non-Perspective viewports. The following exercise will give you a feel for the ways that you can
use multiple viewports:
1. Click the Select and Move tool.
2. In the Top viewport, click and drag the cursor from a point below and to the left of the
bottom row of chairs.
3. Drag the selection region above and to the right of the two chairs in the lower row, as shown
in Figure 1.68, so that they are enclosed in the rectangle. The two chairs are selected.
4. Right-click in the Right viewport.
Right-Clicking Retains the Selection Set
By right-clicking in a viewport, you can make it active without disrupting any selections that may
be active at the time.
Figure 1.67
The four-viewport
layout with
modifications
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