New

New clears the contents of the current scene without changing system settings (viewport configuration, snap settings, Material Editor, background image, and so on).

• Application Menu > New
• Quick Access Toolbar > (New Scene)
• Keyboard > +N

The New command also gives you the option, when you use it while a populated scene is active, to reuse objects from the current scene in the new one.

Procedures

To create a new scene:

1. Either click (New), choose Application menu New, or press +N.
2. In the New Scene dialog, specify the types of objects to keep, if any.
3. Click OK.

Interface

Note: If you use the Application menu, you can choose one of the new options directly from the New submenu.

• Keep Objects and Hierarchy

  Keeps the objects and the hierarchical links between them, but removes any animation keys.

  Note: If the current scene has any file links, 3ds Max performs a Bind operation on all linked files.
• Keep Objects Keeps the objects in the scene, but removes animation keys and links between objects.
  Warning: Don't use this option if the scene contains linked or imported objects.
• New All

  (The default.) Clears the contents of the current scene.