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| This information is likely quite out of date, I haven't used 3DSMax since
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| = Setup =
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| <blockquote>
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| ''' Raise Viewport Texture Resolution '''<br>
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| Customize > Preferences > Viewports > Display Drivers > Configure Display Driver
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| Download Texture Size > Match Bitmap Size as Closely as Possible
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| </pre>
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| ''' Hotkeys '''<br>
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| Customize > Customize User Interface
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| ## Common Hotkey changes
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| Layer Manager > L
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| </pre>
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| </blockquote><!-- Setup -->
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| = Modeling =
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| <blockquote>
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| ''' Display Polygon Count '''<br>
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| ## Right Click on the area where it says which view you are in (ex: perspective, user, top etc.)
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| Click Configure > Statistics
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| Check Triangles, and Selection
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| ## the 7 key toggles the statistics on, and off
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| </pre>
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| ''' Smooth Mesh Previews '''
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| ## In sidepane Underneath Edit Vertices and Edit Geometry
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| ## (where you find frequently used tools such as weld, target weld,
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| ## chamfer, collapse etc.) you will find a heading titled Subdivision Surface
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| Check Use Nurms Subdivision
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| Uncheck Show Cage
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| You can edit the smoothness by selecting the iterations
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| </pre>
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| </blockquote><!-- Modeling -->
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| <br>
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| = Animation =
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| <blockquote>
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| ''' Animate Along MotionPath '''<br>
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| Create the object you want to animate using the tools on the "Create" and "Modify"
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| command panels. If you create multiple objects, such as a mechanical assembly or a
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| multi-component character, make them follow the path in the same manner as a single
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| object by turning them into a "Group." Select the objects and, from the "Group Menu,"
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| choose "Group." Give them a name.
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| Select the "Create" tab, then the "Shapes" icon, then "Line." Click a series of points
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| to define the path you want the object to follow. Select the "Modify" tab, choose the
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| "Edit Spline" modifier, then choose "Vertex." Move the vertices of the line to adjust
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| the shape of the path as required.
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| Select the "Hierarchy" tab on the "Command" panel. Select the "Pivot" button. Select and
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| move the pivot point on the object to the location where you want the object to touch the
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| path. For example, on a roller coaster cart, position the pivot point on the bottom of the
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| cart.
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| Click the "Time Configuration" icon located in the lower right corner of the screen.
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| Specify how many frames you want in your animation. Choose "OK" to exit this window.
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| Select the "Motion" tab. Click the "Assign Controller" icon. Select "Path Constraint."
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| Click the "Pick Path" button and click the path you created with the line. If you click
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| the "Play Animation" icon, you will see your object follow the specified path.
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| </blockquote><!-- Animation -->
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