3D Studio Max Lesson 1.1: A Basic Overview of 3DSMax's Main Tool Bar

For this lesson, let’s look at the tools displayed below the File menu, above the viewports. This toolbar contains many tools and settings required to manipulate your scene and control how various point-and-click tools work. The toolbar actually contains so many buttons that you have to click and drag the right edge to pull the remaining objects into view, creating a sort of sliding/scrolling toolset that you’ll soon get used to when working in various areas. In the next pages, we’ll go over the individual buttons.