| A | B |
|---|
| UI | Screen Area/design & structure for human/computer interaction |
| Viewports | work areas from different views |
| Default | preset |
| Keyboard Shortcuts | Hotkeys |
| Toggle | On/Off |
| Command Panel | upper right |
| Menu Bar/QAT | Tabs with dropdown menus across the top |
| File Menu | 1st tab with New, Open, & Set Project Folder |
| View Cube | upper right of viewport and rotates view |
| Main Toolbar | at the top with buttons…below tabs |
| Animation Control TimeLine | bottom, controls animation frames |
| Ribbon | bar below main toolbar (modeling, freeform, etc) |
| Viewport Navigation Controls | lower right, 8 buttons for viewing |
| Listener Window | lower left, max script mini listener |
| Parts of a cube | face(6), edge(12), vertex(ices)(8) |
| face(6) | side or surface |
| edge(12) | ledge |
| vertex(ices)(8) | corner where 3 edges meet |
| Coordinate Display | X,Y,Z at bottom |
| Isolation Toggle | Hide all objects except the one you are working on |
| Animation Time Control | Time tags that mark important spots in animation |
| Key Mode | set transition points in animation |
| Pan | Adjust viewpoint of model |
| Orbit | Rotates view around object using a fixed pivot point |
| Modeling | Creating Complex 3D Forms |
| Animation | Creating Video Movement of Models |
| Rendering | Creating Images Of Models |
| Left mouse button | Mouse part to Select, Transform, Move, Rotate, Rescale & Adjust Parameters |
| Center Roller/wheel (MMB) | Mouse part to Moves around viewport and zooms |
| Right Click | Opens Menus More Specifically Opens Quad Menu In Viewport |
| 3ds Max | 3 Dimensional Studio |
| Perspective View | 3d View |
| Orthographic View | 2d View |
| Wireframe | shading that allows you to see through object |
| Gizmo | funny name for geometry that appears in viewports, but not in the scene |
| Spinners | up down arrows that control measurements |
| Zeroed Out | making spinners zero by right clicking on them |
| Swatch | color palette |
| Set Project Folder | establish where files will be saved |
| Create Tab | Top Part Of Command Panel (12 Buttons) |
| Quad Menu | Menu After Right Click |
| Clone | Copy |
| Space Warps | where you find wind |
| Align | line up objects |
| Scene Explorer | On the left- View, Sort, Filter, Select, Rename, Delete/Hide, Freeze or Create Tab Options |
