Customize Menu (Enhanced)

The Customize menu contains commands for customizing the 3ds Max user interface (UI).

• Main Menu Bar > Customize

You can create a custom user interface layout, including custom keyboard shortcuts, colors, menus, and quad menus. You can load or save all of these things individually in the Customize User Interface dialog, or you can load or save all of them at once, using schemes. Schemes allow you to load all customized features of the UI at one time.

You can hide, float or dock, resize, and rearrange some UI elements into your own personal design. You can also lock the UI once you’ve got it set. Tools are provided in the Customize menu to load and save these custom UI files, or to revert to the startup user interface.

System preferences such as keyboard shortcuts, viewport configuration, units setup, grid and snap settings, and many important default settings, are also on the Customize menu.

Tip: You can access many of these commands with keyboard shortcuts or right-click options. For example, you can display the Viewport Configuration dialog by clicking or right-clicking the General viewport label ([+]), and then choosing Configure Viewports from the general viewport label menu.

Interface

Customization

• Customize User Interface
• Load Custom UI Scheme
• Save Custom UI Scheme
• Revert to Startup UI Layout
• Lock User Interface Layout
• Workspace Manager
• Custom Defaults Switcher
• Configure User Paths
• Configure System Paths
• Plug-in Manager
• Units Setup
• Preferences

Configure Mesh Inspector

• Activate Mesh Inspector

  When on, the Mesh Inspector is active. Default=on.

• Mesh Auto Repair

  When on, the Mesh Inspector repairs errors silently, without prompting for confirmation. When off, the Mesh Inspector displays the Mesh Inspector dialog when it finds Level 2 errors. Default=on.

Show UI

• Show Command Panel

  Toggles display of the Command Panel.

• Show Floating Toolbars

  Toggles display of all toolbars other than the main toolbar.

• Show Main Toolbar

  Toggles display of the Main Toolbar.

• Show Track Bar

  Toggles display of the Track Bar.

• Show Ribbon

  Toggles display of the Ribbon.

• Expert Mode Toggle