Missing Graphite Modeling Tools?

[Anonymous]

Hello!

I'm currently attending college for digital media and animation, and I have licensing for 3DS MAX 2014 educational. I noticed that at my school, they have ribbon tools divided into sections, such as Freeform> Polydraw, Paint deform, Defaults, etc.

I have absolutely nothing in my Freeform tab. I'm trying to work on enviroment using PolyDraw, but it is non-existent on my computer, nor have I found any information about how to download it. Am I to assume educational version does not come with ribbons, such as Polydraw?

Edit: Ok, so I mean to say that a wide range of my Graphite Modeling Tools are not installed/missing. I have Modeling >Polygon Modeling; Object Paint> Paint Objects / Brush Settings; and Populate features. Freeform Tools & Selection are both completely empty.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Nevermind! 🙂 I feel rather stupid - I did not convert the plane into an editable Poly first, therefore the Tools did not appear.

[Anonymous]

Ha ha just did the same thing! Thanks for your post and the solution. Its the simple stuff that gets ya.

[Anonymous]

😋😋😋 I also done the same mistake.
Thanks for the solution otherwise I will be wasting my time on reinstalling 3ds max

[Anonymous]

You absolute star. That had completely thrown me as well. Thank you!