Help Preferences
 
 
 
Command entry:Customize menu Preferences Help panel

By default, choosing Help menu Help or otherwise accessing this help opens the help from the Autodesk Website. This panel lets you instead open the help from a local or network drive to which you downloaded and extracted the help system.

To open the help from a local drive, first download it from www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-helpdownload-enu, extract the archive to a folder or network drive of your choice, choose the Local Computer/Network option, and specify the help location.

TipIf you use the help locally, be sure to check the download page regularly for new versions.

Interface

This setting applies to opening the main help from the Help menu. It also applies to opening context help by pressing F1 when certain interface conditions occur, such as a dialog or ribbon tooltip being open. In the latter case, the help opens to a specific location that describes the active section of 3ds Max.

The options are: