lock zoom/pan

[evilsorcerer1]

How do I lock zoom/pan. I'm doing a tutorial in which a car is being made. Background images are supposed to be added and I'm supposed to check the "lock zoom/pan" box, but I guess the tutorial is for an older version of 3ds max. My version is 2014.

[Cad64]

Maybe this will help: http://www.jldeanart.com/viewport_background.pdf

[evilsorcerer1]

That's 2012 and my version is 2014, but I actually figured it out (with the help of a tutor video).

[Cad64]

Would you like to share your solution. How is 2014 different from 2012?

[evilsorcerer1]

I was watching a tutorial and when the background images were added there was a lock zoom/pan checkbox that I was supposed to check, but no box was there. If I'm not mistaken lock zoom/pan makes the picture move with the object when zoomed or panned. On my version in the tutorial, which I haven't completely figured out yet, they add a plane to the scene(perfectly square like the images, and then from the materials section the image is added to the plane. Like I said, I haven't completely figured it out yet, but I have the tutorial that shows how to do it. I'm new to 3ds max, so it'll take me awhile to figure it all out. I attached two pictures as examples of the two different methods of adding background images.

[Cad64]

I'm not sure why Autodesk would completely remove the Viewport Background dialog in 2014?

Did you read through the tutorial I linked you to, or did you just dismiss it because it said 2012 at the top?

 

What happens when you hit Alt + B on your keyboard?

[evilsorcerer1]

Yes, I went to the link and read it, but the method is different in 2014. The pictures are added to planes using a bitmap map in the material editor. A square plae is added first. Then a standard material is to be selected and a bitmap image is added to it. The planes have to be centered of course, and then moved to their correct location.

[Cad64]

Yeah, that's the method I have always used, but I was not aware that Autodesk removed the Viewport Background option.

[evilsorcerer1]

They didn't. I'm new to Autodesk and I was trying to follow the tutorial word for word, and when the tutorial got to check lock pan/zoom, the checkbox wasn't there. I didn't know how to fix it, so I asked. But the viewport background section is still there.

[Cad64]

Now I'm really confused. Is it there or isn't it? I don't use 2014, but for future reference, I would like to understand what has changed. Can you post a screenshot of the 2014 Viewport Background dialog?

[evilsorcerer1]

One screenshot is of the viewport background section, there is no lock zoom/pan checkbox there. If there is one somewhere else, I have no idea. There is also a virew of my images, which is done according to the tutorials I watched.

[Cad64]

Ok, well, it looks like they've moved everything around. I hate it when they do that. Anyway, the option to lock zoom/pan is obviously not there. Can't imagine why they would have removed it?

[evilsorcerer1]

Actually, it was easy to do. I'm totally new to it and it didn't take me more than a couple of hours. but I had a tutor video. I think they might have changed it because as you see now the images are all in one view. All that is required to see three photo views is to use the rotation cube, much less work than toggling between all four viewports. That's just my guess, anyway.

[g0odman]

Could you write, what tutorial did you watch?

[evilsorcerer1]

Digital Tutors Introduction to Modeling in 3ds Max 2014