3ds max - command panel - save rollouts

Illusive · Jun 2012

So the only things i ever use in the Modify/Command Panel is Edit Geometry, Smoothing Groups, Mat IDs and the Edit Edges/Vertex etc. tabs.

I never need Soft Selection, Vertex Colours, Nurms etc. Although every time I hide/collapse these and switch between sub-objects they come back..

has anyone else been annoyed by this or know of a solution??

Michael Knubben · Jun 2012

You can drag them down by dragging on their headers. I just drag the ones I use the most up, works a treat. Not that it'd hurt for them to sort out the scroll-a-thon that the command panel is, ofcourse.

Illusive · Jun 2012

I swear I tried that but they just kept loosing their order..
I'll give it another go and see though

Mark Dygert · Jun 2012

I drag the command panel out so it's two rows and use a lot of custom shortcuts.

This is the only screenshot I can dig up without putting more effort into it... but something like this:

(I also use a custom script to toggle off the bottom bars and replace it with GMT, I do that when I switch between modeling and animation workflows. In case you where wondering what was going on).

Michael Knubben · Jun 2012

Illusive: It's important to realise this is set differently for each sub-object mode, so unless you want things jumping around you can set them all up somewhat similarly.

Illusive · Jun 2012

ok so i set it up the way i like but when i change to say elements then back to polys the menus are not how i left them
i guess this is just something i'll have to live with

Lazerus Reborn · Jun 2012

Huh, I've hot keyed out the ribbon, might be nice to have it at the bottom instead of the track bar. I take it you've made two .prefs and just load them up on the fly? Or macro'd through the process of setting the options?

Shall be stealing that thought.

3ds max - command panel - save rollouts

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