From the course: 3ds Max 2017 Essential Training
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Transforming objects with Move and Rotate - 3ds Max Tutorial
From the course: 3ds Max 2017 Essential Training
Transforming objects with Move and Rotate
- [Voiceover] Now that we've seen how to change our viewpoint in 3D, let's also look at how to manipulate objects using the transforms. Transforms in 3D are position, rotation and scale, and you'll see three buttons up here on the main tool bar, select and move, select and rotate and select and uniform scale. Currently, I've got my select object tool active. If I click on something it will be selected, but I won't be able to move it. The select object tool is great when you want to just select something but not actually transform it or position it. To change the position of an object, use select and move and activate that button, and that will allow you to position the object. It also allows you to select. So that we can see this a little bit better, I'm going to orbit around to the other side, grab that orbit tool and just spin around, maybe position, and then go back to my move tool, and we can see that there's an axis tripod here. In 3ds Max this is known as a gizmo. It's a…
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Getting familiar with the interface4m 52s
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Using the Create and Modify panels3m 50s
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Navigating in viewports6m 13s
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Transforming objects with Move and Rotate5m 43s
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Using hotkeys3m 11s
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Specifying display units3m 7s
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Specifying system units4m 17s
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Defining the home grid3m 27s
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Choosing shading modes4m 26s
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Configuring viewports2m 49s
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Customizing colors and hotkeys3m 44s
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Customizing hotkeys5m 18s
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