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Chapter 2: Controlling and Configuring the Viewports

Discovering the viewports in Max
Available orthographic viewports in Max include Front, Back, Top, Bottom, Left, and Right. Max starts up
with the Top, Front, and Left orthographic viewports visible. The top-left corner of the viewport displays
the viewport name. The fourth default viewport is a Perspective view. Only one viewport, known as the
active viewport, is enabled at a time. A yellow border highlights the active viewport.
Figure 2.2 shows the viewports with Viewpoint model of a PT-328 U.S. Torpedo boat. You can see the
model from a different direction in each viewport. If you want to measure the boat’s length from aft to
stern, you could get an accurate measurement using the Top or Left viewport, whereas you can use the
Front and Left viewports to measure its precise height. So, using these different viewports, you can accu-
rately work with all object dimensions.
Isometric views in Max are called Orthographic viewports. You can create an Orthographic viewport by
rotating any of the default non-perspective views.
Tip
Max includes several keyboard shortcuts for quickly changing the view in the active viewport including T (Top
view), B (Bottom view), F (Front view), L (Left view), C (Camera view), $ (Spotlight view), P (Perspective view),
and U (Orthographic User view). Pressing the V key opens a quadmenu that lets you select a new view. n

FIGURE 2.2
The Max interface includes four viewports, each with a different view.

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