You can try a startup script ( --SET SELECTION MODE actionMan.executeAction 0 "59235" --SET SELECTION CENTER setCoordCenter #selection --TURN ON SNAP snapMode.active = true)
I already use a default scene to set things in Max, but there's a few more settings I'd like adjusted on startup which a default scene doesn't seem to do. For example, the marquee selection defaults to the "Rectangular Selection Region" and I'd like it to go straight to "Lasso Selection Region" instead (I never get much…