Design Interface Overview

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es quick access to The command panel comprises six user-interface panels that The time slider lets you navigate along the timeline and jump The 3ds M
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Rendered Frame Window Material Editor
The Rendered Frame Window displays a rendering of your The Material Editor, which you open with the M key, provides
scene. Press F9 to trigger the rendering process. Using functions to create and edit materials and maps. Materials are
Rendered Frame Window controls, you can change render assigned to objects and create greater realism in a scene by
presets, lock the rendering to a single viewport, render regions using different maps.
of the viewport for faster feedback, and change mental ray
settings such as final gather and reflections without having to
access other portions of the program.