The
Mudbox Help is provided in an HTML format and is linked from Mudbox
to an Autodesk Web server by default. You must have Internet access
to view the Help.
This approach provides
you with the most up-to-date version of the Help content while allowing
Autodesk to make updates between software releases.
If you do not have reliable
Internet access you can download the Mudbox Help from the Autodesk
Web site and install it locally on your computer as follows.
- Navigate to the Mudbox Documentation
Web site:
http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-docs
- Click the MudboxHelp2010.zip file,
and save it to the following location on your computer:
- (Windows) C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Mudbox2011/help/docs
- (Mac OS X) /Library/Application Support/Mudbox 2011/help/docs
NoteThese instructions
assume that Mudbox is installed in the default path on your computer.
If this is not the case, modify the above path to match your custom
location.
- Navigate to the docs directory specified
for your hardware system and unzip the file in that location.
- Launch Mudbox, and select:
- (Windows) Windows
> Preferences
- (Mac OS X) Mudbox
> Preferences
- In the Preferences window,
open the User Interface section, and
set the Get Help From option to Local
Machine/Network.
The Help
Path field becomes available for editing. When the Get
Help From option is set to Local Machine/Network,
this path is set by default to:
- (Windows) C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Mudbox2011/help/docs
- (Mac OS X) /Library/Application Support/Mudbox 2011/help/docs
If you unzipped the Help
folder in another location, enter that file path or move the files
within the unzipped folder to the above specified locations.
The next time you select Help
> Mudbox Help it will find the help content at the
new path you specified.
NoteThere is currently
no automated mechanism within Mudbox for checking that a locally
installed version of the Mudbox Help is up to date. You can check
the Autodesk Mudbox documentation Web site occasionally to see if
the Mudbox Help version date is different from the one you installed.
A date stamp appears at the bottom of the Mudbox Help’s home page.