topic Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!? in 3ds Max Forum

3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:57:39 GMT

WHY?!?!?

Where can I turn this RIDICULOUS change off?

Seriously - the new UI makes everything illegible (all too bold white white WHITE text) - the scene explorer is now even WORSE - everything is so much slower, duplicating objects (using any method) takes AN AGE. . . and now THIS fundamental and basic change to something I've been doing a certain way for nearly 20 years. . . . why? how does this help? who asked for this? who decides to change these things?

Why not make 3ds max better instead of changing stuff nobody wants changing?

Why not make it faster, more reliable, and easier to model in - instead of adding stuff nobody needs?

How do I move an object 5.3metres?

How do I rotate an object 16.5degrees around a certain point?

How do I make a copy then 3 copies evenly between them?

How do I move an object parallel to one of its own edges or faces?

Fundamental simple things - easily done in other software. . . impossible in max without scripts or plugins.. . even then it's a faf.

and NOW you change a simple behaviour that's existed for over a decade.

WHY?

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!

etc.

Cheers,

Marc.

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:01:33 GMT

Seriously?

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:42:49 GMT

Ok .. may as well keep adding problems as they happen. . . just for comedy value.

ATTACH LIST

Surely one of the funniest buttons in the whole of 3ds max.

ATTACH

LIST

Real funny.

I'm still waiting for it to stick a couple of objects together.. . no they're not instances. . . thanks for asking. . . . .

Waiting.

(there's no progress bar. . . just got to sit here. . .. )

Waiting. . . .

So funny.

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:46:19 GMT

Yep. . . .still waiting. . .

This is where you've got to guess if it's crashed or not.

It says (Not Responding) but I'm not getting the usual GREY WINDOWS OF BAD PROGRAMMING. . . . . .

I can move the ATTACH LIST (so funny) window. . . might still be working. . .

OK - let's crash it and restart. . .

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:57:38 GMT

oh yes. . . .

Compact Material Editor.. . . another funny window... . why can't I make it wider?

My hand is moving the mouse - I'm clicking on the edge of the window. . . won't move though. .. .. funny. . . it is the 21st century isn't it?

I cant see what most of the materials are.. . the text cant fit in that tiny bit of the UI allowed for names. . . 'terial #236578 (Standar' is all I can see. . . .

Multi-sub Material. . . I've got a few in this scene with quite a few sub materials. .. why can I only view 10. .. look.. . my modern monitor can easily fit in another 9 or 10. . . loads of room.. . enough room for a MOVE LEFT button.. . . I can move up and I can move right .. . UP I understand. .. as there's only one up and multiple downs. . . . but I can only move right? Lots of room for a left button.

Hey - I apply materials from a library to the scene. . . won't work on multi-subs. . .. why's that? Won't take long for you to write something to parse the multi-sub? I, and countless thousands of us, will have to spend days chopping up models and reapplying single materials before using a library to update the materials? or you could write a couple of lines of code? Is it that simple?

OK - hang on. . .. just check if my ATTACH LIST has crashed again. .. . .

Back in a min.

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:05:35 GMT

Good to see that Layer Explorer appears in the place I left it when I open Max.. . shame the material editor and render setup still don't automatically open.

Oh hang on. . .. Layer explorer has opened up in vertical format, as the scene explorer, and with EVERYTHING expanded.. . . . hang on. .. just let me get this back to how I want it, every time I open max. .. bear with me.. hang on.. . .

Change to Layer Explorer

Change to Horizontal

Collapse All

I can't save a default for this?

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:20:47 GMT

Condensing multi/sub materials. . . .yes I get this kind of problem a lot. . . .

So I can paste instanced materials within a multi-sub. . . but then I have to merge the object with another object for the instance to collapse to a single copy of each of the instanced materials. . . then delete the extra little bit of geometry. .. but this could be just a simple button couldn't it. . . instead of me using a trick to do that.. . .

and try finding that trick as an answer to the problem anywhere on the internet. . . you won't find it.. . .

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:09:40 GMT

Broken layers in layer manager. .. . can't rename them - can't delete them. . .. what's that about?

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:12:07 GMT

ATTACH LIST

here we go again. . . .

Display Subtree. . . . untick - NO - I don't want to see the subtree. . .

go away

do something else

come back

ATTACH LIST

Display Subtree. . . . I have to UNTICK IT AGAIN?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

Why can't you simply remember WHAT I WANT? Why can't you remember HOW I WANT TO USE YOUR SOFTWARE?!??

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:13:19 GMT

I'm still trying to attach a few thousand objects together. . .. I'm doing ATTACH LIST in chunks. . . takes forever. . .

Re: 3ds Max 2017 now remembers perspective view!??!?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:17:51 GMT

OMG!

Select by name.

I want to select all the basic walls. .. . it's a revit fbx import. . .

so I type. . .

'b'