Datasheet

Part I ✦ Learning the Max Interface

Table 1-5 (continued)

Subcategory

Category (icon) (drop-down list) Available Buttons

Manipulators Cone Angle, Plane Angle, Slider

Particle Flow SpeedByIcon, Find Target

VRML97 Anchor, AudioClip, Background, Billboard,

Fog, Inline, LOD, NavInfo, ProxSensor, Sound,

TimeSensor, TouchSensor

reactor RBCollection, Csolver, Point-Point, Point-Path,

Hinge, Ragdoll, Carwheel, Prismatic, L

Dashpot, A Dashpot, CLCollection,

DMCollection, RPCollection, SBCollection,

Fracture, Motor, Plane, Spring, Toy Car, Wind

Forces Motor, Push, Vortex, Drag, Path Follow,

PBomb, Displace, Gravity, Wind

Space Warps

Deflectors PDynaFlect, POmniFlect, SDynaFlect,

SOmniFlect, UDynaFlect, UOmniFlect,

SDeflector, UDeflector, Deflector

Geometric/Deformable FFD (Box), FFD (Cyl), Wave, Ripple, Displace,

Conform, Bomb

Modifier-Based Bend, Noise, Skew, Taper, Twist, Stretch

reactor Water

Standard Bones, Ring Array, Sunlight, Daylight

Systems

For the most part, the Create panel and the Create menu are the same, but there are a cou-

ple of differences. The biggest difference is the order of many of the items. In addition, the

Extended Primitives ➪ Gengon object was left out of the Create menu. Oops.

Below the Object Type rollout is the Name and Color rollout. Every object created with the

Create panel is given a default name and color. Using this rollout, you can change the object

name and color. The color is used to display the object in the viewports if no material is

applied. Both the Object Type and Name and Color rollouts are visible in all the categories

found in the Create panel.

After you select a button, the button is highlighted yellow and several additional rollouts

magically appear. These new rollouts hold the parameters for the selected object and are

displayed in the Create panel below the Name and Color rollout. Altering these parameters

changes the object. The button remains selected, allowing you to create more objects until

you select a different button, click on a toolbar button, or right-click in the active viewport.

Note

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