Chapter 1 • Getting to Know Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 . . . . 1
Introducing the New 3ds Max 2013 Features . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 1
Getting Started with Autodesk 3ds Max . . . .. . . . . . 4
Touring the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 6
The Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Information Center Toolbar. . . . . . . 8
The Main Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Docked and Floating Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Toolbar Flyouts . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15
The Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tools for Working with the Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Getting to Know the Command Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Understanding the 3ds Max Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Working with Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27
Selecting and Moving Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rotating and Scaling Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Copying an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting Multiple Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Naming Selection Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Editing Named Selection Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Getting the View You Want . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 45
Understanding the Perspective Viewing Tools . . . . 45
Using Multiple Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing the Viewport Display and Confi guration . . . . . . . . 54
Working with the Custom UI And Defaults Switcher . . . . . . 61
The Bottom Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Chapter 2 • Introducing Objects. . . . . . . . .. . .67
Understanding Standard Primitives. . . . . . . . 67
Adjusting an Object’s Parameters . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessing Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Introducing the Standard Primitive Objects . . . . . . . .. 76
Modeling Standard Primitives with Modifi ers . . . . . . 80
Adding a Modifi er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Accessing Modifi er Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Placing Modifi ers Where You Want Them . . . . . . . . . 87
Using the Modifi er Stack Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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