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	> MAXWELL RENDER FOR RHINOCEROS 4.0 PLUG-IN FEATURES LIST
	> MAXWELL SCENE MANAGER : CAMERA SETTINGS
	Click image to enlarge   - Cameras are automatically synchronized with Rhino viewports. Creating or switching to a Rhino Named View creates a new Camera, or activates the Camera associated with that view - Image resolution may be automatically kept in sync with the size of the corresponding viewport, set to Manual mode, or to one of several industry-standard resolutions - Support for the built-in Rhino Animation Tools - Camera parameters may be saved by name to a user-scoped global Presets, for quick recall during other sessions
	> MAXWELL SCENE MANAGER : DATE & TIME SETTINGS
	Click image to enlarge   - Date and Time may be set using any parameter available. - If the Sun is visible in the viewport, changes to date and time are shown in real-time in the rendered viewport - A date/time combination may be saved by name to a user-scoped, global Favorites list, for quick recall during other sessions
	> MAXWELL SCENE MANAGER : LOCATION SETTINGS
	Click image to enlarge   - The integrated SunView© control provides a convenient method for setting scene location, time, and date. - The Earth is depicted from the Sun’s point of view, allowing the user to visualize the Sun’s position. - The position of shadows may be shown in real-time in the Rhino viewport. - A comprehensive list of cities is provided. The list is stored in a simple text file to make modification easy. - GMT offset is figured automatically by location. - Locations may be saved by name to a user-scoped, global Favorites list, for quick recall during other sessions.
	> MAXWELL SCENE MANAGER : ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS
	Click image to enlarge   - Provides control of Maxwell environmental lighting - When using Image Based MXI/HDRI lighting, channels may be linked, to avoid the need to redundantly set the various parameters - Environments may be saved by name to a user-scoped, global Favorites list, for quick recall during other sessions
	> MAXWELL SCENE MANAGER : RENDER SETTINGS
	Click image to enlarge   - Provides control over parameters relating to the actual Maxwell rendering process. - Render Settings may be saved by name to a user-scoped, global Favorites list, for quick recall during other sessions.
	> MAXWELL SCENE MANAGER : RENDER CHANNELS
	Click image to enlarge   - Provides control over the various channels available when using Maxwell. - Render Channels may be saved by name to a user-scoped, global Favorites list, for quick recall during other sessions.
	> MAXWELL SCENE MANAGER : PLUG-IN OPTIONS
	Click image to enlarge   - Provides control over some of the various user- customizable settings used by the plugin.
	> MAXWELL MATERIAL EDITOR
	Click image to enlarge   - Modeless, dockable tool-window - Multi-threaded, real-time (progressive), cancellable Material preview doesn’t lock up the user-interface while generating new preview images - Per-Material setting of Material preview scene and maximum refresh time - Interactive Color Temperature picker. - Misc featues: enable/disable all textures, Material delete/ undelete, update or revert to source .mxm file, pack and go
	> MAXWELL TEXTURE EDITOR
	- Custom texture editor supports all Maxwell parameters, with the added capability of viewing non-Windows-native (.mxi, .hdr .tga, etc.) textures. Textures may be previewed either normal or RGB-inverted. - ‘Copy Texture’ feature retreives all settings from an existing texture (path, tiling, scale, etc.) and places them into the texture being edited. - Textures are shown reliably in the Rhino viewport, using the tiling parameters used in the editor. Textures may simultaneously be mapped using Rhino 4’s built-in mapping tools.
	> MAXWELL MXM BROWSER
	- Modeless, dockable tool-window - Quick visual access to .mxm files saved in the file system - Fully-resizable Material thumbnails - Previously-browsed folder list - Drag-n-drop Materials from the MXM Browser to the Material Editor, or to the Maxwell Embedded Materials Browser - Materials may be dropped directly on Rhino geometry from the MXM Browser, causing an automatic import to the Maxwell Scene.
	> MAXWELL MATERIALS BROWSER
	- Modeless, dockable tool-window - Fully-resizable Material thumbnails - Maxwell Materials are embedded directly in the .3dm - Drag-and-drop MXM Materials to/from the MXM Material Browser (file system) and the MXED Material browser or Material Editor - Apply Materials to the scene directly from the browser - Upon import, Material textures are checked for valid paths, and corrected as necessary when possible. - Materials may be dropped directly on Rhino geometry from the Materials Browser. - Support for delete/undelete of Materials from the scene. - Several available modes for automatic selection of objects by assigned Material, auto-selection of materials upon object selection, assignment of materials to Rhino Layers, etc.
	> MATERIALS EXPORT WIZARD
	- The Material Export Wizard allows users to easily export all Materials contained in the scene to another directory - Materials may either be saved as individual Maxwell .mxm files, or they may be consolidated into a single-file Material collection. - During export, all referenced Textures may be gathered and copied to the output directory, with paths either re-written, or made relative to, the export directory. - Drag-and-drop MXM Materials to/from the MXM Material Browser (file system) and the MXED Material browser or Material Editor     Maxwell for Rhino 4 © copyright 2006-2007 Next Limit Technologies, all rights reserved. SunView © copyright 2006-2007 SimpleSoftwareSystems, a division of Accu-mold LLC, all rights reserved.