3ds Max quad issue - wont show out of any keyboard combination

Boyani

I have issue with customize quad menu whole day. Seems it wont work of any keyboard combination i try. I save the quad menu, also i save on startup.But just it wont start at all
 I use 2017v.

Eric Chadwick

Quad and keyboard are completely separate ui methods in 3ds Max.

huffer

I get this issue too - it sometimes just doesn't save the assigned shortcut for the quad. After restarting 3dsmax and starting again it usually works.

Boyani

Eric Chadwick said:

Quad and keyboard are completely separate ui methods in 3ds Max.

How can i do it then?

Mark Dygert

1st, Max has many different quad menus, make sure you are editing the right ones. Often you have make changes across several quad menus because they are similar but only pop up under certain conditions when you have specific modifiers or workflows active.

2nd, Max saves the preferences under a sometimes hidden users folder, which can require admin rights to access, but max doesn't throw up a prompt and nothing really changes. So save your customization preferences somewhere else and them load them from that new location to avoid the hidden issue. I personally save mine to cloud storage like dropbox, so i can pull them down anywhere. 

3rd, Max writes any changes to the customization files when it closes properly. If max crashes you often will lose any customization you do. It's smart to save, close and relaunch max when you do any meaningful customization.

Boyani

@Mark Dygert
I am not trying to change any quads menu that max provide,  i just want to create a new one. But simple, it does not show my new quad menu when click the hotkey.

Eric Chadwick

Quads are context dependent. 

I think English is not your native language? This makes it difficult to understand your problem. It would help to write your process step by step... what are you doing? What do you want to happen?

For example:
1. Start 3ds Max.
2. Create a box.
3. Right click on box.
4. Quad menu appears.
5. Convert to...
6. Editable Poly.

Boyani

@Eric Chadwick
Well is not, but i think i explained  very clearly what i want to achieve. I can not make my own quad menu. It doesn't show on the hotkey i try to assign to my new quad menu shortcut. Even after i save and restart max, it wont come out.

I do this if you want more step by step guide what i do.

1.Open 3ds max.
2.I go to Customize UI Interface
3.then i go to quads menu bar.
4.then i go New, right under what it says Default Viewport Quad.
5.I gave my new quad menu a name
6.I put every tool that i think i will need in the 4 quads.
7.then i click show all quads mark
8.i save  it
8.1 Go to advanced quad menu and click Save to Startup
9.Restart max
10.Open it, try the new shortcut key to open my new quad
11.It wont work.

Eric Chadwick

What is the shortcut key?

Boyani

Eric Chadwick said:

What is the shortcut key?

First, i started  with Ctrl+Shift+W
but after that, it really doesn't matter i think, not any keyboard combination really worked.

Eric Chadwick

How did you assign this key, and to which function? Numbered steps would help. Thank you!

Boyani

Eric Chadwick said:

How did you assign this key, and to which function? Numbered steps would help. Thank you!

I just simply clicked Ctrl+Shift+Q, in that order.I was trying to open this quad menu, when i convert box to editable poly. 

Axi5

Could this be a localization issue? What keyboard layout are you using?

Did this work before?

Eric Chadwick

Quad only opens with right click afaik.
http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2018/ENU/?guid=__files_GUID_C5835D80_FE88_459C_BD84_6C7817500627_htm

Boyani

@Axi5
No, never worked, i wanted to do my own quad menu, after i watched some beginners tutorials, and wanted to customized and put everything in quad menu if possible.
@Eric Chadwick
So, how do put  right mouse click as keyboard with something else? Like, m+right mouse click

Justo

Boyani, to your last question: if you really want that you could work something out using Autohotkey and change some mouse button when you're in Max. Another option, if you own a mouse that has its own remapping driver software, is to assign RMB to another key or whatever combination of them you want in your keyboard.

But...I don't see why you're so bent on doing this. If you want your own quad menu, just modify one of the existing ones that you'd never use anyway. It's simpler and it's (generally) less stressful for your fingers.

huffer

You can't put M + click (like a marking menu in Maya) for a quad menu. Just keyboard shortcuts (M) or Click + modifiers (Shift, Alt, Ctrl + Mouse click).