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Mykita
Mykita

Reputation: 467

Model orentation/view translating MAX files

GOAL: Our goal is to load a translated .MAX file in perspective view.

WHAT HAPPENS: The translated .MAX files chooses the following view from the view selections inside 3ds Max, and loads the model in top viewport and top orientation:

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SIMILAR QUESTION: A similar question has been asked, though there's a slight variation in our situation. We learned in that question that we can orient the starting view but our objective is to modify the main scene/view.

ONE SOLUTION: Is to manipulate the top/top view by rotating this view to have it look like a perspective view, and the model loads in seemingly a perspective view - but it still retrieves the top orientation, which results in wrong behavior when we navigate/orbit the model.

We would preferably have the viewer to pick the lower right view from the viewport selection illustrated above (perspective) - as we have found it will choose the upper left view (top/top) every time. We've tried to change this view from "top" to perspective and saved a new "home"-state on the view cube, like this:

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But it still sets the view and orientation to top. Any guidance would be highly appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 149

Answers (1)

denis-grigor
denis-grigor

Reputation: 515

To have a control on what view will be set as default/home view when opening a translated .max file, in 3ds Max follow these steps:

  1. Remove all cameras from the scene, if any.
  2. Select the perspective view, rotate, pan, zoom, in other words position the view as you wish, then press Ctrl+C to create a Physical Camera From View.
  3. Select the Front View, go to Create -> Cameras -> Free Camera and click on Front View (anywhere) to create the Free Camera.

Now if you translate the .max file with this setup, the Camera you create at step 2 will be set as the default/home view.

I just finished writing a blog post on this trick. You can find it here.

Upvotes: 1

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