need help: saving settings as defaults

daveb867 · April 28th, 2008

i have a standard way of working with max, but i am not very technical, usually when i open it up i change all of the necessary settings that i like to work with, for example:

render settings: PAL, 250 frames on the timeline, aspect ratio

unit settings: millimeters

is there anyway of setting all of this up so that it is stored as default without me having to change everything evertime i open it up coz to be quite frank, its getting a bit annoying and boring to say the least now

stef.thomas · April 28th, 2008

Set everything up the way you want, this goes for toolbars, units, snaps, render settings, viewports etc. Then save this to My Documents/3dsmax/scenes to overwrite the file called "maxstart.max".

This file and the settings within will now become your default.

daveb867 · April 28th, 2008

legend, thought it would be something quite simple but not very good when it comes to 'technical nitty gritty'

i just make nice pictures

cheers again

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daveb867 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 22 Posts: 741 Name: Dave Buckley	need help: saving settings as defaults i have a standard way of working with max, but i am not very technical, usually when i open it up i change all of the necessary settings that i like to work with, for example: render settings: PAL, 250 frames on the timeline, aspect ratio unit settings: millimeters is there anyway of setting all of this up so that it is stored as default without me having to change everything evertime i open it up coz to be quite frank, its getting a bit annoying and boring to say the least now

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stef.thomas Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Glasgow Age: 32 Posts: 346 Name: Stephen Thomas	Re: need help: saving settings as defaults Set everything up the way you want, this goes for toolbars, units, snaps, render settings, viewports etc. Then save this to My Documents/3dsmax/scenes to overwrite the file called "maxstart.max". This file and the settings within will now become your default. __________________ Stephen Thomas - Glo www.glo3d.com www.flickr.com/stef3d

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daveb867 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 22 Posts: 741 Name: Dave Buckley	Re: need help: saving settings as defaults legend, thought it would be something quite simple but not very good when it comes to 'technical nitty gritty' i just make nice pictures cheers again

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