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Lecture 2USER INTERFACE (3D Studio Max)

Prepared by:

Rosiadi Bin Tajudin

KOLEJ KOMUNITI KEPALA BATAS MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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Learning objectives

At the end of this topic, you will be able to:

Identify 7 main areas of user interfaces in 3D Studio Maxcorrectly.

State the functions for each characteristic of user interfaces in

3D Studio Max correctly.

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User InterfaceMain Menu Bar Main Toolbar

Command

Panel

Viewport

navigation

control

Timeline and

animation

control

Viewport

Status Bar

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Exercises 12. 3.

4.

7.

6.1.

5.

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Viewports

Graphics viewport area.

In default it displays 4 main viewport areas.

Viewport displaying a different view of the model.

Viewport layout can be decided by user.

(Customize > viewport configuration)

Each viewport location can be changed by user (Right click > views)

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ViewportsTop viewport

Left viewport

Front viewport

Perspective viewport

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Exercises 2

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Main Menu Bar

Lies at the top of the screen.

Many of the 3D studio Max commands grouped together in the

standard windows pull-down menu format.

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Main Toolbar

Lies at under pull-down menu

Contains various icons used to select and transform geometry

as well as to set up materials and render.

To use an icon button, move the cursor over the button andpick it.

Small black triangle in the lower corner means the icon button

containing more icon buttons.

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Activity Question 1

Instruction

3. Find out the name of each icon button displays in the Main

Toolbar.

(10 minutes)

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Command Panel

6 nested command panels.

Located at the right of the screen.

Each one is selected by picking on the appropriate tab.

Only one can be display at a time.

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Activity Question 2

Instruction

3. Find out the name of 6 tabs button display in Command

Panels.

(5 minutes)

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Command Panel

Create = Displays controls for creating objects.

Modify = Displays controls for modifying object parameters.

Hierarchy = Displays controls for adjusting object linking and pivotpoints.

Motion = Displays controls used to assign and edit transformcontrollers and object motion path.

Displays = Displays controls used to set display preferences.

Vi i i

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Viewport navigationcontrol

Located at the bottom right corner of the screen.

In default it display 8 buttons.

Used to control the displays inside a viewport.

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Activity Question 3

Instruction

3. Find out the name of each button displays in Viewport

navigation control.

(5 minutes)

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Time line and AnimationControl

Located at the bottom of the screen.

Used to create and controls an animation

Used to control the playing or movement through an animation

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Status Bar

Display information on the current state of an active command

as well as a coordinate readout.

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