The grid is turned on by default in the 3D View. To turn the grid on or off, do one of the following:

• Select Display > Grid.

  A check mark beside the menu item indicates the grid is turned on.

• Right-click anywhere in the 3D View using the mouse/stylus, and select Grid from the menu that appears.

1. From the main menu, select Display > Gradient Background.

   A check mark beside the menu item indicates the gradient background is turned on.

The background color of the 3D View appears as a shaded ramp by default. You can modify this to suit your particular viewing and presentation requirements as follows:

1. Select Windows > Preferences.

   The Preferences window appears.

2. Expand the Color section, then click the color tile beside the Viewport Top, Viewport Middle, or Viewport Bottom preferences.

   The Color Chooser window appears.

3. In the Color Chooser window, select a color for the region of the background, then click OK.

   If you change the top, middle, and bottom to the same color, the background of the 3D View appears as one solid color.

You can change the color of many items within the 3D View to suit your particular viewing and presentation requirements as follows:

1. Select Windows > Preferences.

   The Preferences window appears.

2. Expand the Color section, then click a color tile beside any of the items in the list. For example, Grid, Mask, Wireframe Color, and so on.

   The Color Chooser window appears.

3. In the Color Chooser window, select a color and click Done.

You can increase the working area on your computer’s monitor when working within Mudbox in two different ways:

Customizing the range a properties slider works within is useful when you are working on a model at a particular scale and need a tool(s) to work within a range suitable to its scale.

1. In the Properties window, type in the value you want to have as the upper limit for the slider’s range.

   This value becomes the new upper range for the slider until you reset it.

2. To reset the slider range to a lower maximum value, type in a new value and double-click the slider.

   The settings are stored in the Mudbox settings file in the My Documents directory for the users’ account.

Middle-drag tools to the desired position.

See also Trays.

You can hide components of the user interface to better meet your presentation requirements.