User Manuals: Autodesk 3ds Max 3D modeling software

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Autodesk 3ds Max Help File (2577 pages)

Volume 2

Brand: Autodesk | Category: Software | Size: 40.9 MB

Select and Uniform Scale
0
Particle Systems
4
Space Warp Objects
4
Table of Contents
9
Displace Space Warp
46
Displace Space Warp on
48
Udeflector Space Warp
73
Deflector Space Warp
76
Geometric/Deformable
79
Ffd(Box) Space Warp
79
Geometric/Deformable
80
Ffd(Cyl) Space Warp
86
Wave Space Warp
96
Ripple Space Warp
100
Conform Space Warp
104
Bomb Space Warp
108
Modifier-Based
112
Modifier-Based Space Warps
112
Bend Modifier
113
Noise Modifier
113
Skew Modifier
113
Taper Modifier
113
Twist Modifier
113
Stretch Modifier
113
Is There a Way to Pre-Calculate Portions of a Particle Simulation, as in "Baking" the Animation
122
What else Can I Do to Optimize Performance
123
How Do I Use Particle Flow to Make an Object Explode
123
How Can I Control the Accuracy of the Particle Flow Simulation
123
Can I Use Maxscript to Affect Particles
123
Can I Use more than One Object as Instanced Geometry
124
How Can I Exclude Particles from Certain Light Sources
124
How Do I Open Particle View Without Clicking Particle View Button on the Command Panel
124
Do I Need Multiple Particle Views to Manage more than One Particle System
124
Can I Selectively Disable or "Turn Off" Portions of a Particle System
124
I Sometimes See Events Named "Action Recovery" in Particle View. Where DID They Come from
125
How Do I Animate Action Parameters
125
How Can I Synchronize an Animated Bitmap Texture to Particle Age
125
How Do I Make Particles Follow a Path
125
Can I Use Snapshot or Dynamics with Particle Flow
126
On Page
126
How Do I Use Motion Blur with Particle Flow
126
How Do I Use the Particle Age and Particle Mblur Maps with Particle Flow
126
I'M Trying to Apply Particle Flow to an Animation Created with a Dynamics System.why am I Getting Strange Results such as Unexpected Spawning of Particles
127
How Can I Make All Particles Appear in the First Frame While Giving Them Different Ages
127
How Can I Specify the Time Frame in Which Animated Parameters Are Applied to Particles
127
How Can I Apply Bubble Motion to Particles
127
How Can I Branch an Event to Several Other Events
128
Does It Matter Which Order I Put Actions in an Event
128
How Can I Tell Which Particles Are in a Certain Event
129
Why Do My Particles Lose Their Material When They Move to Another Event
129
Can I Have an Event Receive Input from Multiple Events
129
I Changed an Operator Setting, but It Doesn't Seem to Have any Effect on the Particle System
129
Can an Event be Isolated in Particle View and Not Connected to Anything
130
Birth Operator
163
Birth Script Operator
166
Delete Operator
167
Position Icon Operator
169
Position Object Operator
172
Rotation Operator
180
Spin Operator
182
Scale Operator
184
Speed Operator
190
Speed by Icon Operator
195
Speed by Surface Operator
205
Keep Apart Operator
213
Shape Operator
219
Shape Facing Operator
220
Shape Instance Operator
223
Shape Mark Operator
230
Material Static Operator
239
Material Frequency Operator
242
Material Dynamic Operator
244
Mapping Operator
251
Cache Operator
254
Display Operator
262
Force Operator
265
Notes Operator
269
Render Operator
270
Script Operator
272
See also
273
Flows
273
Tests
275
Age Test
277
Collision Test
279
Collision Spawn Test
283
Find Target Test
289
Go to Rotation Test
300
Scale Test
306
Script Test
309
Send out Test
309
Spawn Test
310
Speed Test
314
Split Amount Test
317
Split Selected Test
319
Animation Concepts
398
Barycentric Morph Controller
456
Bezier Controllers
457
Block Controller
461
Boolean Controller
466
Color Rgb Controller (Point3 Xyz Controller)
468
Euler Xyz Rotation Controller
470
Expression Controller
473
Layer Controller
481
Limit Controller
500
Linear Controller
512
List Controller
513
Master Point Controller
520
Motion Capture Controller
522
Noise Controller
533
Position XYZ Controller
538
Prs Controller
539
Reaction Controllers
541
Scale XYZ Controller
565
Script Controller
567
Smooth Rotation Controller
572
Spring Controller
572
Tcb Controllers
577
Transform Script Controller
580
Waveform Controller
584
Animation Constraints
606
Attachment Constraint
607
Path Constraint
616
Position Constraint
622
Link Constraint
627
Lookat Constraint
631
Orientation Constraint
638
Hierarchies and Kinematics
649
Inverse Kinematics (Ik)
693
Ik Terminology
696
History-Independent (Hi) Ik Solver
711
History-Dependent (Hd) Ik Solver
741
Ik Limb Solver
763
Spline Ik
764
Animating with Interactive Ik
778
Animating with Applied Ik
781
Hierarchy Panel Commands
793
Link Info
819
Track View Hierarchy
850
Time Menu
874
Options Menu
875
Auto Select
878
Display Menu
881
View Menu
885
Utilities Menu
885
Copy Controller
909
Paste Controller
910
Assign Controller
912
Make Controller Unique
919
Parameter Curve Out-Of-Range Types
920
Add Note Track
923
Remove Note Track
925
Editing Keys
926
Edit Keys
926
Snap Frames
927
Lock Selection
928
Align to Cursor
929
Add Visibility Track
930
Move Keys (Dope Sheet)
932
Slide Keys
933
Scale Keys - Time
935
Add Keys (Dope Sheet)
936
Properties (Track View Key Window)
937
Track View Utilities
938
Edit Time
947
Select Time
949
Delete Time
950
Cut Time
950
Copy Time
951
Paste Time
952
Reverse Time
954
Insert Time
954
Scale Time
955
Exclude Left End Point
956
Exclude Right End Point
957
Reduce Keys
959
Edit Ranges
961
Copying and Pasting Objects
966
Scale Values
974
Add Keys (Curve Editor)
974
Draw Curves
976
Show Tangents
977
Lock Tangents
979
Apply Ease Curve / Apply Multiplier Curve
979
Remove Ease/Multiplier Curve
981
On/Off (Curves)
981
Ease Curve Out-Of-Range Types
982
Multiplier Curve Out-Of-Range Types
984
Freeze Non-Selected Curves
986
Status Bar/View Controls
987
Key Time Display
998
Value Display
999
Show Selected Key Statistics
999
Pan (Track View)
1000
Zoom Horizontal Extents
1001
Zoom Value Extents
1002
Zoom Track View Key Window
1003
Zoom Region (Track View)
1004
Mixer Rollout
1113
Frequently Asked Questions
1430
Troubleshooting
1434
Editing Footstep Placement
1518
Editing Footstep Timing
1519
Editing Active Footsteps
1523
Splicing Footsteps
1525
Animating Legs and Feet
1527
Animating the Upper Body
1528
Adjusting Body Keys in Track View
1530
Shifting the Biped's Balance
1531
Adjusting Vertical Motion
1536
Saving Footstep Animation
1544
Using Controllers
1571
Using Layers
1607
Display Preferences
1640
Biped User Interface
1642
Key Info Rollout
1686
Keyframing Tools Rollout
1699
Layers Rollout
1722
Dynamics & Adaptation Rollout
1736
Structure Rollout
1743
Motion Capture Rollout
1903
Creating Crowd Helpers
2086
Adjusting Delegate Parameters
2091
Assigning Behaviors
2091
Directing Delegates
2096
Obstacle Avoidance
2099
Changing Delegate Orientation and Speed
2104
Solving the Simulation
2105
Linking Objects to Delegates
2106
Cognitive Controllers
2108
Biped Crowds
2112
Non-Biped Crowds
2124
Crowd Animation User Interface
2129
Behavior Assignments and Teams Dialog
2164
Orientation Behavior
2191
Path Follow Behavior
2195
Repel Behavior
2199
Scripted Behavior
2201
Seek Behavior
2202
Space Warp Behavior
2204
Speed Vary Behavior
2205
Surface Arrive Behavior
2207
Surface Follow Behavior
2211
Wall Repel Behavior
2214
Wall Seek Behavior
2217
Wander Behavior
2220
Working with Lights
2294
Target Spotlight
2370
Free Spotlight
2373
Target Directional Light
2376
Free Directional Light
2379
Omni Light
2382
Mr Area Omni Light
2389
Mr Area Spotlight
2392
General Parameters Rollout (Standard Lights)
2395
Directional Parameters
2407
Spotlight Parameters
2409
Shadow Parameters
2418
See also
2437

Autodesk 3ds Max Network Administrator's Manual (44 pages)

Administration Guide

Brand: Autodesk | Category: Software | Size: 6.66 MB

Autodesk 3ds Max Manual (9 pages)

Shortcut Guide

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