In main menu bar: Window
> Settings/Preferences > Panel Editor
In scene view: Panels
> Panel Editor
Tabs
Panels
Displays existing panels
you can rename or delete.
- Select a panel and edit the Label field
to rename it. You cannot rename the Top View, Side View, Front View,
or Persp View panels.
- Select a panel and click Delete to
remove it from the list.
New Panel
Contains controls for
creating a new panel type.
Layouts
Displays existing panel
layouts.
- Click New Layout to
add an item to the list.
- Click a layout and click the Edit
Layouts tab to edit it.
- To delete a layout, click it in the list,
then click Delete.
Edit Layouts
Displays the current
panel layout for editing.
-
Create a custom panel layout
- Configurations
-
Use this tab to change
the configuration and proportions of the layout.
From the drop-down list,
select the panel layout you want.
Resize the panes by dragging
the borders in the thumbnail view of the layout. The main window
changes to reflect your changes.
Contents
Use this tab to change
which panel contents appear in the layout.
- Scene Independent
-
Scene independent layouts
are available for all scenes. Their contents are defined by panel types.
If you have multiple
panels of the same type in a scene, it is not certain which panels
show up when you select your layout. This is not a problem in most
cases; however, if you are working in a particular scene a great
deal, then develop layouts that you can save specifically with that
scene.
- Associated with Scene
-
These layouts are only
usable with the current scene. You can specify a particular panel
if you have more than one of the same type.
History
Displays the history
of the panels you used.
Maya keeps a record of
panel layout changes. This lets you step forward or back through
each view. This is helpful if you are moving between two layouts
and cannot remember their names.
- History Depth
-
Specify the number of
configurations you want stored in the history.
- Wrap History
-
Toggle this on to return
you to the first view or the most recent view configuration when
you reach the end of recorded history.
- Clear History
-
Click this button to
delete the record of all the panels you have used.
- Previous Layout
-
Click this button to
browse back through the panel layouts.
- Next Layout
-
Click this button to
browse forward through the panel layouts.