Quick Tip: Object & Sub-Object Selection Sets In 3D Studio Max
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Quick Tip: Object & Sub-Object Selection Sets In 3D Studio Max

on Jan 28th 2012 with 2 comments
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In this quick tip we’ll look at an often overlooked feature of 3D Studio Max. Selection sets are a great way to keep large scenes in order by allowing you to save specific object selections, or sub-object selections. Not only will this keep you sane when working on massive scenes with hundreds or thousands of objects, but save you an enormous amount of time by essentially giving you the ability to return to a previously saved selection any time with a single click.

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Ben is one half (literally) of the editor duo here at Cgtuts+. Ben has over eight years of experience in the computer graphics field and although he's primarily a hard surface modeler, he's also experienced in the fields of uvmapping, texturing, lighting and rendering. He has authored many tutorials and training materials focused on 3d Studio Max and hard surface modeling. You can check out Ben's website at bentateonline.com to see more of his work.  

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  1. nour elislam says:
    January 30, 2012 at 6:58 am

    good job ben you steel give us more lessons in 3d studio max you are the best in this very usfule 3d software curry on

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  2. P. Britto says:
    February 24, 2012 at 8:45 am

    wow, that’s awesome. i’ve used 3ds max for a little while, but didn’t knew that there were an way to create sub-object selection sets. thanks a lot!

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