Command Panel

The command panel comprises six user-interface panels that give you access to most of the modeling features of 3ds Max, as well as some animation features, display choices, and miscellaneous utilities. Only one panel is visible at a time. To display a different panel, you click its tab at the top of the command panel.

These are the panels:

• Create panel

  Contains controls for creating objects: geometry, cameras, lights, and so on.

• Modify panel

  Contains controls for applying modifiers to objects and editing editable objects such as meshes and patches.

• Hierarchy panel

  Contains controls for managing links in a hierarchy, joints, and inverse kinematics.

• Motion panel

  Contains controls for animation controllers and trajectories.

• Display panel

  Contains controls that let you hide and unhide objects, along with other display options

• Utilities panel

  Contains miscellaneous utility programs.

By default, the command panel appears at the right of the 3ds Max window. You can "dock" it along other edges of 3ds Max window, or make it a floating panel. See Customizing 3ds Max.