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Getting familiar with the interface

Getting familiar with the interface - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Getting familiar with the interface

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- [Narrator] Let's take a quick tour of the 3DS MAX interface and learn the names of the various elements, and their functions. We'll begin with the main menu up here at the top. Like many programs, it's got a cascading menu structure, with items organized into categories. But unlike some programs, the 3DS MAX main menu is not terribly complete, and in fact there are many items and commands that you will not find accessible through the main menu. A lot of that stuff is going to be found over here, in this panel on the right hand side, known as the command panel. It in turn is divided into six sub panels. We've got the create panel, modify, hierarchy, motion, display, and utilities. You'll spend a lot of time over here in the command panel because it's really the heart of 3DS MAX. And you'll especially find yourself in the create and modify panels, quite a lot. In the center of the screen are the 3DS…

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