• Understand the Autodesk 3ds Max interface components

Viewport Layout Tabs

 option; the 

Viewport Layout tab bar will be displayed on the screen. By default, there is a single tab at the 

bottom of the bar that represents the startup layout. To add more layout tabs to the bar, click 

on the arrow button on the bar; the 

Standard Viewport Layouts

 flyout will be displayed. Next, 

choose the required option from the flyout; the chosen layout tab will be added to the bar. To 

remove a tab from the bar, right-click on the tab; a shortcut menu will be displayed. Next, choose 

Delete Tab 

from the shortcut menu.

Animation Playback Controls

The tools in the animation playback controls are displayed on the left side

Figure 1-18 

 The 

animation playback 

controls

 

of the viewport navigation controls, refer to Figure 1-18. These tools are used 

to control the animation in the active viewport. Also, you can set the total 

number of frames, animation length, and other settings of the animation 

using these tools.                                                    

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