To open a menu of column-related commands, right-click a column heading. For descriptions of these commands, see Column Headings Right-Click Menu.
Interface
This section lists the available columns and briefly describes each column’s function. Also, if the same control is available elsewhere, it identifies the alternative locations in parentheses.
- Application Origin
- For an object in a file linked from the File Link Manager, shows the name of the Autodesk application used to create the file.
This information is generated by the original application. For Autodesk FBX files and DWG files, the column is blank. For Revit FBX files, the name of the program appears. Revit needs to identify itself because the FBX importer needs to know whether the FBX file includes Revit metadata.
- Color
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The wireframe color of the object.
If an object's wireframe color is controlled by its layer, its color swatch in this column is empty.
To change the color, click the color swatch; this opens the Color Selector dialog.
- Container Override
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For a container, whether Override Object Properties is on.
The same control is available on the Display rollout and as
Override Object Properties on the Containers toolbar. - Container Proxy
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For a container that is using a proxy, the path and filename of the proxy container.
- Cull Back Faces
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Whether the object displays backfaces (Object Properties).
- Display as Box
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Whether the object displays as a bounding box (Object Properties).
- Display by Layer
- Toggles whether the object's display properties are set individually or at the layer level. When on, individual display properties such as Display As Box are unavailable.
- Display Vertex Channel
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Whether vertex channel display is active for editable mesh, poly, and patch objects (Object Properties).
- Edges Only
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Whether the object displays only edges (Object Properties).
- Faces
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The number of faces in the object. By default, this is the number of triangular faces, but with polygon-type objects such as editable poly, it’s the number of polygons. For example, the default box primitive has 12 faces, but if you convert it to editable poly, the Faces column value changes to 6. Other modifiers can also change this value.
- File Linked
- For an object in a file linked from the File Link Manager, shows the name of the source file (DWG. DXF, or FBX).
This information appears only for renderable geometry. It does not appear for other objects such as lights, cameras, skeletal animation rigs, and so on.
- Frozen
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Whether the object is frozen (quad menu, Display panel, or Display floater).
The names of frozen objects display as gray text.
- Handle
- A unique ID for each node in the scene. Some MAXScript functions use this ID.
- Has Material
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Whether the object has a material (Material Editor).
- Ignore Extents
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Whether the object is taken into account when using Zoom Extents (Object Properties).
- Inherited?
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For a container, whether the contents are inherited.
- Light Color
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The color a light casts (Modify panel).
- Light Intensity
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For a light, the intensity (Multiplier) value (Modify panel).
- Light Map Bias
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For shadows, the value of the shadow bias setting that adjusts the shadow position.
- Light On
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Whether the light is on (Modify panel).
- Loaded?
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For a container, whether its contents are currently loaded in the scene.
- Local Definition
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For a local container, the path and file name of the container file.
- Locked By
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For a container, shows the originator’s network ID (user name) when open. The field is empty when the originator has closed the container.
This field updates automatically when the container status changes.
Material- The name of the object's material.
- Missing Plug-in Info
- If the plug-in needed for an object is not available, displays pertinent information about the plug-in, including its filename.
- Motion by Layer
- Toggles whether Motion Blur properties are set individually or by layer. When on, individual motion-blur settings must be set at the layer level.
- Name
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The name of the object.
This is the only default column.
- Open?
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For a container, whether it is currently open.
If the container is a source container that does not allow you to edit it, this field shows a check mark but is disabled.
- Render by Layer
- Toggles whether the Rendering Controls are set individually or by layer. When on, individual render settings such as Receive Shadows must be set at the layer level.
- Renderable
- Toggles whether the object appears in rendered output. Note: This is an Object Properties
Rendering Control setting: If the object's Render By Layer toggle (see preceding) is on, Renderable uses the Layer icon (
) and is unavailable. - Revit Category
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For an object imported from Revit, the user-defined Category tag.
- Revit Family
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For an object imported from Revit, the user-defined Family tag.
- Revit Level
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For an object imported from Revit, the user-defined Level tag.
- Revit Type
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For an object imported from Revit, the user-defined Type tag.
- See-Through
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Whether the object displays as translucent (Object Properties).
- Shadow Map Size
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For a light, the Size value of the shadow map.
- Shadow On
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Whether the light casts shadows (Modify panel).
- Shadow Sample Range
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For shadow-mapped shadows, the sample range setting.
- Shadow Type
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The type of the shadow.
- Show Frozen in Gray
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Whether frozen objects display as gray (Object Properties).
- SimBaked/SimEnabled/SimMode/SimType
- Related to MassFX simulations. See MassFX Explorer Columns.
- Source Definition
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For a source container, the path and file name of the source.
- Source Rules
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For a source container, the rules provided with the source container.
- Status
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For a container, its current condition, such as Unsaved, Open, or Openable (for a closed local container).
For a source container, shows the rules-based condition, such as Editable for a container set to Only Edit In Place, or “Editing in place” for the same container with Edit In Place on.
- Trajectory
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Whether the object displays its trajectory (Object Properties).
- Type
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The type of object, such as Geometry, Shape, Light, and so on.
- Update?
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For a source container, indicates whether the contents of the container have changed since you inherited it.
If the Update? field for a source container in your scene is “Yes,” click the Manage Container rollout
Update button or 
(Update) on the Container toolbar to load the latest contents into the container. - Vertex Ticks
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Whether the object displays vertex ticks (Object Properties).
- Viewport Lighting
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Whether viewport lighting and shading is active for the object (quad menu).
- Viewport Locked Lighting
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For a light, whether viewport lighting is locked (quad menu).
- Viewport Shadows
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For a light, whether viewport shadows are active (quad menu).
- Visible (formerly "Hidden")
- Whether the object or layer is visible or hidden. When the light-bulb icon is yellow, the item is visible. When the icon is gray, the item is hidden.
The names of hidden objects display as italics.
Tip: You can also toggle an item's visibility by clicking the light-bulb icon to the left of the item's name. Its function is identical to that of the icon in the Visible column.