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Part I: Getting Started with 3ds Max

To view Web sites, you need to be connected to the Internet. The Asset Browser can remember your favor-
ite Web sites using the Favorites menu. The Asset Browser window also includes the standard Web browser
navigation buttons, such as Back, Forward, Home, Refresh, and Stop. You also can find these commands in
the Browse menu.
Max keeps thumbnails of all the images you access in its cache. The cache is a directory that holds thumb-
nails of all the recently accessed images. Each thumbnail image points to the actual directory where the
image is located. Choose Application Button ➪ Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box, in which you
can specify where you want the cache directory to be located. To view the cached files, choose Filter ➪ All
in Cache. The Preferences dialog box also includes options to define how to handle dropped files. The
options include Always Merge or Import, Always XRef, or Ask Each Time.
Choose File ➪ Print to print the file view or Web window.

Finding files with the Max File Finder utility
Another useful utility for locating files is the Max File Finder utility, which you get to by using the More
button in the Utilities panel of the Command Panel. When you select this utility, a rollout with a Start but-
ton appears in the Utilities panel. Clicking this button opens the MAXFinder dialog box. Using MAXFinder,
you can search for scene files by any of the information listed in the File Properties dialog box.

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You also can access the MAXFinder dialog box using the MaxFind icon located in the same folder where 3ds Max
is installed. n

You can use the Browse button to specify the root directory to search. You can select to have the search also
examine any subfolders. Figure 3.20 shows the MAXFinder dialog box locating all the scene files that
include the word blue.

FIGURE 3.20
You can use the MAXFinder utility to search for scene files by property.

Collecting files with the Resource Collector utility
When a scene is created, image and object files can be pulled from several different locations. The
Resource Collector utility helps you consolidate all these files into one location. The settings for this util-
ity appear in the Parameters rollout in the Utility panel of the Command Panel, as shown in Figure 3.21.

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