this.. Local Aligned coordinate system for subobjects. Verts and edges have local coordinate systems. Does this mean a reversion to the pre max2008 behaviour when moving subobjects in local coordinate system? cos that was better
We haven't changed the local coordinate system, so I'm not aware of any differences. The added local aligned system is smarter when dealing with aligning the axis based on the geometry.
Indeed ... One would hope that a new UI system would help with that but it doesn't seem to be the case. Fusion360 suffers from the exact same problem - it really makes me wonder if they are even paying attention to this sort of things at all ...
Looks like Max 2017 is being shown off by some users over at the Area (the trial is up on their servers, but they haven't added the page yet, cue drama): http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-3ds-max-design-general/still-no-news-about-3ds-max-2017/td-p/6017190/page/15 Here are some of the changes they've listed: - Viewport…