Flight Studio Utility
 
 
 
Command entry: Utilities panel Utilities rollout More button Utilities dialog Flight Studio

With the Flight Studio utility, you can manage OpenFlight models from within 3ds Max.

Procedures

To access the Flight Studio utility:

  1. On the Utility panel, click the More button.
  2. In the Utilities dialog, click to choose Flight Studio, and then click OK.

To make Flight Studio available from a button on the Utilities panel:

  1. On the Utilities panel, click (Configure Button Sets).

    3ds Max opens the Configure Button Sets dialog.

  2. If you wish, increase the Total Buttons number so you don’t overwrite an existing utility button.
  3. Drag the Flight Studio entry from the Utilities list on the left to a button in the button group on the right, and then click OK.

Interface

Modify Hierarchy/Attributes

Click to open the Hierarchy Browser dialog.

Level Of Detail group

These buttons use the OpenFlight level-of-detail (LOD) range to display more or less detail in 3ds Max viewports.

More Detail

Increases by one level the amount of detail shown.

Less Detail

Decreases by one level the amount of detail shown.

Most Detail

Shows the most detail in the imported model.

Least Detail

(The default.) Shows the least detail in the imported model.