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3D Studio Max
3ds Tips & Tricks
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06 Aug 2005
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06 Aug 2005When I get complex scenes that causes max to slow down to almost a standstill, I use the adaptive degredation feature (key: <O>). Not much of a suggestion, but I haven't really looked into optimising max.
I also like to turn some objects to only show as box while editing others. That helps a lot.
I work in one viewport 90% of the time. I think that might make it quicker, less calculations for viewport performance.
Thats all I got.
Oh, and don't play movies while using max, or have a game running in the background. or Music Player with a Visualisation going. -
06 Aug 2005Thanx Cam
That's a start
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07 Aug 2005
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07 Aug 2005
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10 Aug 2005-I use "isolate object" always
-layer manager, really important for me
-I press "7" so I can see the poly count for each objects you selected (only 1 at the time) -
11 Aug 2005Cam I think we should put a sticky on this thread, will be useful for newbies of max and veterans
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02 Sep 2005something i found recently is object display culling you can find more info about it in this video
apart from that if ur working on a huge scene and want to position objects slap an otpimise modifier on them and decrease their face count that way you have a rough idea of their form but its not weighing down on ur memory .i still havent found a solution for running 3dsmax and phoitoshop together . i wish there was a 3d model viewer that could display 3d models solely for the purposes of texturing. -
Bardur 78 posts08 Sep 2005Hi and Great thread!
Franklyn... ".i still havent found a solution for running 3dsmax and phoitoshop together"..
There is a way of getting 3d max and PS to runn together. Take a look at cebas plugin called "ghost painter" heres the link:
Regards
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08 Sep 2005Yeah I used to use ghostpainter...it's not very good though and I remember it crashing frequently.
I mean...it's okay.....but it's not fast which means that in the end you're working slower than you would if you just unwrapped your object and painted in photoshop
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17 Dec 2005I often use the new turbosmooth modifier instead of the meshsmooth modifier.. I get the same result than the meshmooth, but it's more faster in the viewport (it's a bit faster to render too, but not a lot more to be noticed).
For exemple, I could easily put 2 or 3 iterations on a complex object (a HD character for ex) without any framerate problems. It could be usefull to finalize the modeling for exemple
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Kieran 57 posts05 Apr 2007A quick obvious tip, and I could have sworn I tried posting this already, is to disable your views by pressing 'd'. Disabled views won't update unless you click on them, handy when working primarily in one view but want to click into others to see what is happening. Also very useful when scrubbing through animations and you only want say your camera view to show what it happening.
These were already mentioned but layers are brilliant, saved me loads of time and headache, and disabling viewport textures can speed things up significantly.
Also, if one hits "ctrl+L" it enables/disables your lighting, nice if you want to momentarily make things bright to check the geometry.
Hope those tips help,
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25 May 2007does any one tell me that wot is the short cut key to hide and show "right command panel "???
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26 May 2007
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d4rk3lf 109 posts15 Jun 2007Hold down the CTRL key while swiching betwen poly modes (verteks, lines, polys...), and that way you can still have your previous selection.
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When working in interiors, somethimes panorama exporter comes very handy, to preview the room. Just go to utilities, choose more, select panorama exporter, and render. Now, you will be able to rotate your camera to better preview your room.
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Swiching from area to catmull rom filter in render meny within scanline render will make your picture much sharper (I almoust always use that). -
15 Jun 2007sweet tips! Never knew about the first one
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d4rk3lf 109 posts16 Jun 2007 Yeah, knowing that tip can speed up modeling a lot.
Here is another tip for animation...
Did you ever bore to go time configuration, to set up your start, and end frames? (this sound almoust like a comertial )
Well... we have the solution for you!
position your mouse cursor over the time line... and...
1) CTRL+ALT+left mouse button - scale timeline to the begining
2) CTRL+ALT+right mouse button - scale timeline to the end
3) CTRL+ALT+middle mouse button - scrol timeline left or right -
d4rk3lf 109 posts29 Feb 2008A Big tip!
Global Ambient Occlusion
If you don't want to render to passes, or to put ambient occlusion in in every material you use in your scene, here is the tip on how you can turn it globaly.
Make an omni light, and position it on the center of the scene (X=0,0; Y=0,0; Z=0,0), turn off specular, difuse, and turn on ambient on that omni. Put an Ambient Occlusion map in projector slot of that omni. Instance it to a material editor so you can have control of the AO map.
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26 Jul 2008Here's a tip when using a attachment constraint, don't attach your object, attach a dummy then link your object to the dummy will save a lote on calculation. And will be easier to position your object exactly where you want
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anim84food 9 posts14 Aug 2008In ram player, hold down the RMB and drag side to side to scrub through your frame sequence. -
johnathanelopez 1 posts04 Feb 2010Hi it's really nice tips and trics. I am just a beginner in this 3d arena and I am looking forward to make carrier in this field so this kind of tips are really helpful to me. -
16 Feb 2010if your gizmo disappears press X to bring it back.
press Q repeatedly to switch between selection modes (lasso selection saves my day all the time)
you can Zoom in witout have to rely on the mousewheel steps just press control+ alt and left click and drag the mouse. this way you can zoom in smoother.
if you want to pan in the viewport press ctrl to move faster. also if you move something press ctrl so it gets "boosted"
Right click on a roller will reset it to the default value. (mostly 0)
selecting something and pressing Z zooms into the object (much like the F in maya)
if you loose the rotation point and the cam in the viewport just goes crazy press z so you can zoom in into your selection and rotate around it. if you do not have selected anything it will zoom out so you can see the entire scene.
There are different right click modes
try it with
shift + rightclick
ctrl + rightlick
ctr+shift + rightlick
alt +rightlick
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and so on.
you will be amazed how much you can get out of the quad menues with customisation.
have a shortcut for hide or freeze objects on
shift + D(issapear)
shift + F(reeze)
fastens up working in a heavy scene.
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