Command entry: 3ds Max Quick Access toolbar
The Quick Access toolbar provides some of the most commonly used file-management commands, as well as Undo and Redo.
NoteAs with other toolbars, you can customize the Quick Access toolbar on the
Toolbars panel of the Customize User Interface panel.
You can also delete a button directly from the toolbar by right-clicking it and choosing Remove From Quick Access Toolbar.
In addition, you can add any button from the modeling ribbon by right-clicking the button and choosing Add To Quick Access Toolbar.
Interface
- New Scene
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Click to begin a New scene.
- Open File
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Click to Open a saved scene.
- Save File
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Click to Save the currently open scene.
- Undo Scene Operation
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Click to undo the previous operation. Click the down-arrow to display an ordered list of previous operations, so you can choose
the point from which to undo your work. See Undo/Redo.
- Redo Scene Operation
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Click to redo the previous operation. Click the down-arrow to display an ordered list of previous operations, so you can choose
the point from which to redo your work. See Undo/Redo.
- Project Folder
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Click to open a dialog that lets you set the project folder for the current scene.
- Quick Access toolbar drop-down menu
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Click to display a drop-down menu for managing Quick Access toolbar display.
TipYou can also customize the Quick Access toolbar, like any other
3ds Max toolbar, with the
Toolbars panel of the Customize User Interface dialog.
Customize Quick Access Toolbar:
- Each choice toggles display of a button on the Quick Access toolbar.
- Choose this to hide or show the menu bar.
- Choose this to display the Quick Access toolbar either just below the modeling ribbon, as a part of the ribbon, or “above” it in the default location on the Caption bar.
NoteThis option is available only when the modeling ribbon is open using the horizontal format, and attaches the Quick Access
toolbar to the ribbon. If you then close the ribbon, the toolbar closes as well. To restore it, open the ribbon.
Quick Access Toolbar Right-Click Menu
When you right-click a button on the Quick Access toolbar, 3ds Max opens a drop-down menu with several choices.
- Remove from Quick Access Toolbar
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Turns off display of the button you clicked. This is the same as turning off its display by using the Quick Access toolbar
drop-down menu. You can turn display of the button back on by using that same drop-down menu.
- Add Separator
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Adds a separator, a vertical line (usually gray), to the right of the button. This can help make the toolbar more legible.
To remove a separator, right-click it and choose Remove From Quick Access Toolbar.
- Show Quick Access Toolbar Above/Below the Ribbon
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Choose this to display the Quick Access toolbar either just below the modeling ribbon, as a part of the ribbon, or “above” it in the default location on the Caption bar.
NoteThis option is available only when the modeling ribbon is open using the horizontal format, and attaches the Quick Access
toolbar to the ribbon. If you then close the ribbon, the toolbar closes as well. To restore it, open the ribbon.