Save Copy As

Command entry:

Application menu

Save As

Save Copy As

Save Copy As allows you to save a copy of the current scene under a different file name. It does not change the name of the file being worked on.

WarningSave Copy As does not update the original file name as Save does, and Save does not update the file you last saved using Saved Copy As. For example, if you make edits to a 3ds Max scene named filename.max, then use Save Copy As with the file name filename01.max, make additional edits, and then click Save, your second set of edits will be saved as filename.max but not as filename01.max.

Procedures

To save a copy of the file to a different name:

Choose Application menu Save As Save Copy As.
Browse or type the name of the file you want to create or update.
Click the Save button.

To save a copy of the file to a previous version:

Choose Application menu Save As Save Copy As.
Choose “3ds Max 2010 (.max)” or "Save As 3ds Max 2011 (.max)" from the Save As Type drop-down list.

See Save As Previous.

Interface

Save Copy As displays a standard Windows save dialog. Save Copy As increments the number at the end of the file name in order to propose unique but similarly-named files each time the command is used.

Clicking the Save button saves the file to the name displayed in the File Name text box.

TipYou can resize the dialog by dragging an edge or a corner.

Clicking the plus button saves the file with a name ending in a number one increment greater than that displayed in the File Name text box.