Configuration

Configuration Dialog

The configuration dialog provides options to customize guide colors, layer names, intersection point behavior, and object types.

refGuides Options

• Custom Object Mode: Enabled by default, available for 3ds Max 2016 and later.
• Smart Intersection Mode: Considers any planar shape in the scene as a guide. While resource-intensive, it is useful for placing intersection points on imported CAD drawings.

Viewport Element Colors

Customize the color palette for point marks, lines, and other visual helpers. Use the color pickers or select from presets.

refGuides Units Configuration

• Configure default values for guideline extension and unit scale.
• Adjust protractor settings, including radius, angle marks, and angle snap for polar positioning.
• Set the size of point markers.

Transform and Measure Tools Units Configuration

• Linear Units: Apply only to results printed in the listener.
• Changing values from the default of 1.0 does not scale the current Display Unit Scale (e.g., 1.0m to 0.1m).
• Values are printed in a generic unit, representing the measured value transformed by the scale factor.

Example:

• Measurement: 1.0m
• Linear Units Scale Factor: 0.01 (to print in centimeters)
• Printed Result: 100.0 u