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Introducing snap - 3ds Max Tutorial
From the course: 3ds Max 2022 Essential Training
Introducing snap
- [Instructor] To move objects with precision use Snaps. The button on the main toolbar labeled snaps toggle will turn snaps on or off by default when it's on we're going to snap to grid points in three dimensions. Let's investigate. Right click on one of the magnet icons and in the grid and snap settings dialogue in the snaps tab we want to make sure that only grid points is enabled and the check boxes are off for everything else. Close the grid and snap settings dialog. Positional snaps only work when a position-based tool is active. Snaps don't work with the select object tool which is currently active. So for example, if I right click in my top view just to give it focus and then move the cursor around I don't see anything special happen but if I choose the select and move tool and move the cursor around now I see a yellow box and that's the snap cursor which is different from the mouse cursor. The snap…
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Specifying display units5m 22s
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Specifying system units4m 38s
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Defining the home grid4m 44s
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Saving a maxstart.max template scene3m 11s
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Merging scenes5m 4s
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Duplicating object instances with Array4m 22s
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Clone objects with transforms1m 15s
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Introducing snap4m 36s
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Precision transforms with Grid Snap4m 38s
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Outlining object names with Scene Explorer3m 53s
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Collecting objects in groups5m 4s
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Managing display layers3m 43s
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Controlling object and layer display properties5m 4s
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Understanding XRef external references3m 4s
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Creating an XRef record6m 52s
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Moving objects in reference coordinate systems5m 14s
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Rotating objects in reference coordinate systems4m 5s
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Manipulating objects around a transform center4m 23s
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Using Isolate Selection and Lock Selection2m 23s
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Selecting in Window and Crossing modes4m
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