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Part VI: Advanced Modeling

Setting global container preferences
Within the Preference Settings dialog box is a panel for setting the global container preferences, shown in
Figure 24.5. Using these settings you can define which rules are used when saving to the Max 2010 con-
tainer format. You also can set how often containers are refreshed and whether to display the status of the
scene containers.

New Feature
The Containesr panel in the Preference Settings dialog box is new to 3ds Max 2011. n

FIGURE 24.5
The Containers panel of the Preference Settings dialog box holds the global container settings.

Referencing External Objects

No man is an island, and if Autodesk has its way, no Max user will be an island either. XRefs (which stands
for eXternal References) make it easy for creative teams to collaborate on a project without having to wait
for another group member to finish his or her respective production task. External references are objects
and scenes contained in separate Max files and made available for reference during a Max session. This
arrangement enables several artists on a team to work on separate sections of a project without interfering
with one another or altering each other’s work.
Max includes two different types of XRefs: XRef scenes and XRef objects. You also can use XRef for materi-
als, modifiers, and controllers.

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