Custom UI and Defaults Switcher

Artists and designers in different industries use 3ds Max in different ways. The Custom UI and Defaults Switcher lets you quickly change your program defaults and UI scheme to more closely match the type of work you are doing.

• Standard menu: Customize menu > Custom UI and Defaults Switcher
• Enhanced menu: Customize menu > Customization > Custom Defaults Switcher

The Initial settings for tool options control the default settings for various features in 3ds Max, while the UI Schemes control how the 3ds Max interface looks.

The dialog displays a detailed explanation for each of the default sets and UI Schemes that ship with 3ds Max. If you create your own defaults or UI Scheme, they also appear in the list. However, you cannot edit the general description of custom default sets or UI schemes.

Interface

Initial settings for tool options

This list contains different sets of default settings for various tools in 3ds Max. Highlight the set that corresponds to the tools you are using.

3ds Max ships with four default sets:

• Max contains the set of default settings for general animation use without the mental ray renderer.
• Max.mentalray contains the set for general animation use with the mental ray renderer.
• DesignVIZ contains the set for design visualization use without the mental ray renderer.
• DesignVIZ.mentalray contains the set for design visualization use with the mental ray renderer.

Highlight any of these sets to see detailed explanations of the affected settings.

For information on creating or editing defaults sets, see Market-Specific Defaults.

Note: To apply new defaults, restart 3ds Max.

UI Schemes

This list contains all of the UI schemes defined in the \UI folder. 3ds Max ships with two UI schemes: DefaultUI, and ModularToolbarsUI, which has the main toolbar broken up into smaller toolbars. Highlight the name of the UI scheme in the list to see a description (and image) of the interface.

This list also contains any UI schemes you have saved with the Save Custom UI Scheme dialog. However, no description or image is displayed for these schemes.

Set

Applies the selected default settings and UI scheme to 3ds Max.

Note: To apply new defaults, restart 3ds Max.

Cancel

Closes the dialog without applying any changes.