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

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Selection Sets, Track View, and Schematic View

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  • Named Selection Sets: Allows you to assign a name to a selection set (a group of selected objects). This can let you conveniently re-select groups of objects rather than selecting them again individually, by picking the name from the dropdown menu.
  • Open Track View: Opens the Track View toolbox, where you can view and edit all of your keys/keyframes in a linear environment, as well as assign controllers to those keys.
  • Open Schematic View: Opens a display that shows objects and their subsets in a hierarchy graph.
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