Filter Combinations Dialog

Use the Filter Combinations dialog to create your own custom combinations of categories to add to the Selection Filters list.

You can also add specific types of objects, or Class IDs, to the list. For example, you can set a filter that lets you select only Sphere primitives.

Procedures

To create a combination filter:

  1. Open the Selection Filter list and choose Combos.

    The Filter Combinations dialog appears.

  2. Turn on one or more of the checkboxes in the Create Combination group.
  3. Click the Add button.

    The specified combination appears in the Current Combinations list to the right as a combination of the first letters of each selected category.

  4. Click OK.

    The new combo item appears at the bottom of the Select Filter list.

    Combos are stored in the 3dsmax.ini file, so they remain in effect for all scenes through all sessions.

To delete a combination filter:

  1. Open the Selection Filter list and choose Combos.

    The Filter Combinations dialog appears.

  2. Choose one or more of the combos in the Current Combinations list.
  3. Click the Delete button.
  4. Click OK.

Interface

Create Combination group

Geometry, Shapes, Lights, Cameras, Helpers, Space Warps

Choose the category or categories you want included in the combination.

Add

After choosing the categories to include in a combination, click this button to place the categories, labeled with the categories' initials, in the Current Combinations list, as well as at the bottom of the Selection Filter list.

Current Combinations group

[Current Combinations list]

Lists current combinations. To delete one or more combinations, choose them, and then click Delete.

Delete

After choosing one or more combinations in the Current Combinations list, click this button to delete them.

All Class ID group

[Class ID list]

Lists all the available categories that can be added to custom filters for display and selection. Highlight a category to add, then click Add.

Add

After choosing a class to include in the filter list, click this button to place the class in the Current Class ID Filter list, as well as at the bottom of the Selection Filter list.

Current Class ID Filter group

[Class ID list]

Lists current classes to filter. To delete a class, choose it, and then click Delete.

Delete

After choosing a class in the Current Class ID Filter list, click this button to delete the class.

Parent topic: Selection Filter List