Max 2018 Issues

[jneilon]

So far here are the issues we have encountered switching to Max 2018.4 early this year:

• Curve Editor does not have maximize/minimize window. Double clicking the Curve Editor toolbar docks it. 2017 maximized it like other software.
• Curve Editor doesn't scroll zoom still. Ctrl Alt Click Middle button zooms sort of works. It also has auto-zoom off by default unlike 2017.
• Physical Camera FOV can un-linked from Focal Length on occasions. This causes odd values and unreliable FOV.
• When the Physical Camera is hidden changing controls bugs out when selected. Lens shift or Vertical tilt zooms. 
• Physical camera Perspective button dollies the camera instead of adjusting field of view. This was fine in 2017. 
• Imported geometry can come in on a unknown layer. Using a script you can get it back on a normal layer.

If I think of others I will edit this list.

[electrotoast_old]

Hey @jneilon I'll address these as much as I can given where we're at now.

• Previously, it was in its own window frame. Curve editor was refactored into a native QT dialog. This behavior was as designed in order to better dock the curve editor. We do hear that users are missing that minimize-maximize buttons and we're looking into how best to do that with the new UI technology we're using. While it may seem like an easy change, there's a lot of testing that needs to go along with this.
• For these workflow issues, I would direct your attention to the 3ds Max Ideas site. This is the best place to suggest improvements for the development team to work on.
• For the Physical Camera issues, I would suggest you report those as bugs. I will do what I can to bring those to the team responsible for that to see if they're known already or not. Either way, they sound like wrong behavior.
• For the import issue it would be good to have a bit more information. Are you importing non-Max file formats like Revit, AutoCAD, Inventor, OBJ, FBX, etc.? Or are you merging Max files from another scene and the content isn't lining up with respect to layers?

[jneilon]

1) Thanks looking forward to an update.

2) It is workflow but also something that worked before just fine and now does not work.

3) Thanks I will try to replicate some. A few happen all the time others are more difficult to reproduce.

4) This apparently is max to max merges. I need to ask our team more details.

I will take the time to report all these as bugs as soon as I have time to write it out and capture video, etc..