topic Re: UI Size in 3ds Max Forum

UI Size

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:36:13 GMT

Good day,

I installed the Educational Version of 3DS Max 2020 a few minutes ago, running on Windows 10 at 4K with a custom scale factor of 350%. This works fine on every other app I use - Adobe software, Blender, MS Office, Unity, Chrome, but the interface for 3DS Max, (except for the top "ribbon" of buttons), is still too small for my old eyes to get a handle on. I don't see anything in the Preferences about it, but that might be just because I can't see things very well period.

There are a couple of YouTube videos that describe running 3DS Max in compatibility mode for Windows 8 and then doing something else with the UI scaling from there. Is that the best I can do?

Re: UI Size

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:56:41 GMT

Edit: My custom scaling is actually 175%. 350% was just the number in the dropdown box but it wasn't the number in use.

Re: UI Size

hagen.deloss — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:44:09 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for bringing your question to the forums, it looks like you are visiting as a new member to the 3DS Max forum. I want to extend a warm welcome to the Autodesk Community!

I know I have heard a few folks having issues with this, I wonder if you go into the High DPI settings inside the Max launch exe itself that could have an effect. Here is a screenshot of where I found those settings. It will be worth looking into! I will do some more digging in the meantime to see what i dig up in our internal articles on the subject of 4k monitor display settings.

Talk to you soon!

Re: UI Size

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:36:50 GMT

I had already tried your suggestions based on a YouTube video I watched this week, but had no success. Fortunately, by upping my global scaling to 200%, the buttons and text are just large enough for me to work with. I find it odd that my other 3D software has this sort of thing in User Preferences, but Max does not.

It is what it is I suppose. I appreciate your reply - have a good weekend. 🙂

- Mark

Re: UI Size

nilshenning.deitmers — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:52:05 GMT

Yep, I was also positively impressed with the way Blender lets you customize the UI size. I guess it's harder to implement as an afterthought, when the software has a huge amount of menus and icons. But it certainly feels more professional if the option is there. (It's not a coincidence I'm reading this post)

Re: UI Size

21091994 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:35:36 GMT

yes 3ds max is not frendly for users with 4k displays ... Blenders "user interface scale factor" its somsing amazing...