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1. 3dsmax, how to best organize hierarchys

   

   Topic by jocose · Sep 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Okay, coming from Maya I used to work like this: Set up a hierarchy that consisted of a series of parent child relationships. Then I would hit a toggle button that would auto select the top most node in the hierarchy. I would turn this on and off as I worked. If I wanted to move a piece that was a child of another I turned…

2. Re: 3dsmax, how to best organize hierarchys

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Sep 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   I don't recall there being an auto-select parent feature in Max, but it could still be there. I do know you can "walk" the selection up/down the hierarchy using Page Up and Page Down. You can also select a parent and all its children by double-clicking the parent in the viewport. Groups in Max change the hierarchy by…