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3ds Max modifier panel order

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:44:59 GMT

Each day I start Max my Modify tools panel gets screwed up. If you take a look in the screenshot what I mean is ... see how subdivision surface is up top, I mainly use Edit Edges and Edit Geometry and that is the way I organize my modifie panels. Every day before work I have to go through each verts,edges,faces etc. I have to resort the order everyday I want Edit Edges first then Edit Geometry second. I launch my MAX with a saved maxstart.max file.

Re: 3ds Max modifier panel order

Swordslayer — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:52:38 GMT

It's not saved in a max file, it's saved in a RolloutOrder.cfg file in the UI folder, for example for English version of max 2017, the folder is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Autodesk\3dsMax\2017 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\UI

Re: 3ds Max modifier panel order

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:00:05 GMT

Awesome thanks for the reply, glad to know the location, next question would be how do I get it to save?

Re: 3ds Max modifier panel order

Swordslayer — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:22:50 GMT

As per the reference:

The order of the rollups will be saved in the file RollupOrder.cfg (in ASCII), which is located in the UI directory. Deleting this file, or removing an entry for a specific Class, will reset the Rollout order.

Or you could close max so that it won't accidentaly override it, and edit the file by hand. For example, the Editable Poly section looks like this in mine (the order number is what sets the order of rollouts):

Editable Poly  SuperClassID <0x00000010> ClassID <0x1bf8338d,0x192f6098> :
   Title <Selection> Order <1>
   Title <Soft Selection> Order <3>
   Title <Edit Geometry> Order <2>
   Title <Subdivision Surface> Order <3>
   Title <Subdivision Displacement> Order <4>
   Title <Paint Deformation> Order <5>
   Title <Edit Polygons> Order <2>
   Title <Polygon: Material IDs> Order <4000>
   Title <Polygon: Smoothing Groups> Order <4000>
   Title <Polygon: Vertex Colors> Order <4000>
   Title <Edit Elements> Order <2>
   Title <Edit Borders> Order <2>
   Title <Edit Vertices> Order <2>
   Title <Vertex Properties> Order <4000>
   Title <Edit Edges> Order <2>

I guess that 4000 is just some arbitrary number to make sure those rollouts show at the very end.

The file should also change whenever you reorder the rollouts by dragging them (mine does, immediately), so if that works and it somehow resets, it might be a good idea to make the file read only as soon as you are happy with the current order.

Re: 3ds Max modifier panel order

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:54:20 GMT

Cant thank you enough. That fixed it. Did a complete reboot on my workstation and all the roll ups are exactly how I left them.

All of mine were in the 4000's I pretty much copied yours though. I made all the edit stuff 1's and 2's all the stuff I dont use I let be in the 4000's