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3ds Max Custom UI

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Hi guys, I'm having a problem customize my Max's UI, what I want to do is move the drop down menu (example: Selection Sets) from the main toolbar to the floating toolbar, alt+drag seems not working....wait, but I manage to move Layer drop down menu from floating toolbar to my main toolbar, and I have no idea how I did that last time, it's so random sometimes wok, sometimes don't.

Is there any correct way of doing this task?..thanks in advance.

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  • Revel
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    Revel interpolator
    Apparently, Layer drop down menu is easily transferred between floating to main toolbar. I notice that only Selection Sets drop down gonna "corrupted" when you try to move it (alt+drag) somewhere else and to restore it back you need to load the default UI. Hope Autodesk fix this issues in the next hotfix/ service pack.

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  • Mark Dygert
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    It's been that way since R3... The only hope I have of them fixing it after this long is that they'll redo the UI as part of XBR... so far XBR has been a bit of a waste as far as UI design goes so they'll probably jack it up in 20 other ways.
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  • pior
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    pior grand marshal polycounter
    I suspect they might not even be aware of such issues, given how old the app is. It seems they are getting better at acknowledging bugs now (at least the Mudbox QA team is, sending personal replies within a day!) so if you can I'd suggest you file a detailled report.... who knows, it might work ?
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  • Revel
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    Revel interpolator
    Ah, it's a long history problem I see...looks like it's best to avoid to move it then..

    Btw, unlike ZBrush, does anyone here do some UI costumization with your Max?..It's interesting to look at people's custom UI, it makes the app looks "fresh", at least for me.

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  • yiannisk
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    yiannisk polycounter lvl 14
    max is changing. XBR is hailed as a big thing and so far it seems it is! they had mentioned in a web conference some months ago they were thinking about a complete overhaul and there are signs that they are tampering heavily with the interface (i.e. graphite tools).

    so there you go.
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  • [HP]
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    [HP] polycounter lvl 17
    3dsmax is very customizable tho, even though not as flexible as zbrush.
    Max is indeed changing a lot, with small increments so it makes the transition smoother for it's regular users I think.
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