Another script for this, works great... http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3ds-max/autodesk-3ds-max--3ds-max-design-2010/fix-for-viewport-switching-in-max2010/
i prefer working with a higher perspective setting than the 45 max normaly uses so i have to go into veiwport pref an set it up higher,, usualy 60-70 but i have to do this everytime i open max,, is there a ini or anything that would have this setting in it?
I'm having this same issue in Max 2008. I need my FOV around 5 and it keeps resetting to 45 if I zoom into a face, making the models dissapear. This script works for max 08? If so what Fov is it set to?
That isa Max2010 exclusive problem, since it doesn'use different Views by default, but converts one to the other...Max 2010 sucks in that regard...earlier versions of Max keep the FoV setting (unless of course you convert the perspective view into an orthografic one...).
That works as a starting base, but max likes to reset the viewport value if you switch the view. I only use one viewport and switch to whatever view I need at the time. So if I'm using 65 FOV in perspective and switch to Left view to change one thing and go back to perspective, the FOV resets to 45. Kind of lame.