A very basic question about 3ds Max 2013

[chansoobyeon]

Hello, all!

 

Just installed and started 3ds max 2013 and my viewports do not have [+] and viewport descriptions in white letters like "top" and "perspective" in all views...

 

Could someone kindly teach me how to turn them on?

 

Thanks!

[Scott Schroeder]

They should automatically be there. As far as I know, there is no way to turn them on/off. Have you changed your viewport background color? Perhaps you have same or similar colors for both your viewport background and viewport names.

 

Though posting this question in the 3ds Max forum and not general discussions may lead to more answer. This isn't a general discussion topic, it's specific to Max and belongs in Max.

[Josef Wienerroither]

They should be there right after installation. If not , it's most of the times a graphics hardware or GFX driver problem. Post your hardware specs and wether you use nitrous or not ...

 

@Scott:

 

they can be turned off (toggled) using the following small maxscript snippet

viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons = false

 

 

and the following to turn them on again

 

viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons = true

 

Curious fact: the menu functionality is still there when the menu display is turned off

Edited March 21, 2013 by spacefrog

[Scott Schroeder]

They should be there right after installation. If not , it's most of the times a graphics hardware or GFX driver problem. Post your hardware specs and wether you use nitrous or not ...

 

@Scott:

 

they can be turned off (toggled) using the following small maxscript snippet

viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons = false

 

 

and the following to turn them on again

 

viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons = true

 

Curious fact: the menu functionality is still there when the menu display is turned off

 

Interesting. But there isn't a menu option to turn these off (outside of maxscript) is there? We only know how much they've monkeyed with the UI options lately.

[Josef Wienerroither]

Some UI things are easy to create yourself - like buttons

 

eg. enter the following text in the maxscript listener and drag&drop onto a toolbar will create a button to toggle the viewport menu

 

viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons = NOT (viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons)

If you want this to be accessable in a more organized way in the UI configuration dialog ( for buttons, menus. keyboard shortcuts ), enter the following text in a new, empty maxscript editor doc ( no filename required ) and still in the editor, hit Ctrl-E ( or menu "Tools->Evaluate All" )

This will auto-generate a macroscript in the correct folder, and you have it right available in the UI configuration ( Customize User Interface ) dialog. Look for the category "Spacefrog Tools" ( of course you can change that to your liking )

 

macroScript ViewportMenuToggle    category:"Spacefrog Tools"    toolTip:"Viewports: Toggle Viewport Menus"
(
   viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons = NOT (viewportbuttonMgr.EnableButtons)
)

[Josef Wienerroither]

BTW: could some mod move this thread to the 3ds Max section please ?

I too think this is originally the place where it would belong to...