User Interface preferences

Language: Set your language preference for viewing the Mudbox interface.
Linear Units: Sets the measurement units for the world. Options include: Millimeter, Centimeter, Meter, Inch.
Double Click: Sets the time limit in milliseconds that distinguishes a double click from two consecutive clicks.
Drag Box Size: Sets the distance (in pixels) that the cursor must be within in order to select a control point when editing the brush profile within the Brush Falloff properties.
Highlight What's New in this Release: Toggles the display of highlighting on new features in the Mudbox interface.

NoteWhat's New highlighting is available only in Mudbox on Windows or Linux.
Show What's New Highlight Settings at Startup: Lets you set whether the What's New Display Settings window appears when you start Mudbox.
Highlight Color: Lets you change the color of What's New highlighting in the interface.

TipClick the swatch to edit color or drag the neighboring slider to adjust brightness.
Show Learning Movies in Welcome Window: Sets whether the learning movies appear in the Welcome window. When off, the Welcome window displays only the Start a new sculpture and Open a file options.
Show Welcome Window: Sets whether the Welcome window displays when you start Mudbox.
Show Informative Messages on HUD: Sets whether Heads-Up Display (HUD) appears in the 3D View to indicate the status (current subdivision level, polygon count) for the active model.
Show Help Messages on HUD: Specifies whether Heads-Up Display (HUD) appears to provide useful tool tips (including hotkeys) for features in the 3D View.
Show ViewCube: Controls the display of the ViewCube at the upper right corner of the 3D View. See also Navigate using the ViewCube.
Expert Mode Hides: Specifies which elements of the Mudbox interface are hidden when you press the T hotkey to activate Expert Mode. See also Maximize the working area.

Options include:

North Frame: Controls whether interface elements docked at the top of the interface are hidden.
South Frame: Controls whether elements at the bottom of the interface (such as brush and stencil trays) are hidden.
East Frame: Controls whether elements docked on the right side of the interface are hidden.
West Frame: Controls whether elements docked on the left side of the interface are hidden.
Menu Bar: Controls the main menu bar.
Status Bar: Controls the Status bar at the bottom of the Mudbox interface.

Enable Multi-Touch Gestures: Enables and disables multi-touch gestural input. When on, you can operate Mudbox using intuitive gestures on your Wacom multi-touch device or Trackpad. See also Multi-Touch devices and Multi-Touch input gestures.
Use trackpad: (Mac OS X only)

Enables and disables multi-touch gestural input using the built-in trackpad on newer model MacBooks. See also Enable multi-touch input from the trackpad.

When set to use multi-touch gestures, you can operate Mudbox using your trackpad. Select from the following options.

Cursor Control Only: (Default.) Disables multi-touch interaction with the trackpad. The trackpad behaves as it normally does, controlling only the cursor.
Cursor and Multi-touch: Enables the trackpad to control your cursor (with one finger) and enables multi-touch gestures (with 2 or more fingers).
Multi-touch Gestures Only: Enables the trackpad for multi-touch interaction. This is useful if you have a separate tablet without multi-touch, or a separate cursor device such as a mouse.

User Interface preferences

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