Command panels > Utilities panel
The Utilities panel gives you access to a variety of utility programs. gmax utilities are provided as plug-ins. gmax ships with the utilities listed below. Some utilities are might be available from third-party developers, so your setup of gmax might include utilities not described here. Look for documentation describing these additional plug-ins by choosing Help > Additional Help.
Note about the MAXScript and Visual MAXScript utilities: Documentation for these utilities is contained in a separate help system. To access the MAXScript Reference, choose Help > MAXScript Reference. See also About MAXScript.
List of Utilities
The Utilities panel contains one rollout for managing and invoking utilities. While a utility is running, additional rollouts can appear. Some utilities use a dialog rather than rollouts.
The Utilities rollout contains the following controls at the top:
More: Displays a Utilities dialog that lists all utilities not already displayed in buttons on the Utilities panel. Highlight a utility in the list and then click OK to display its controls in the Utilities panel. (You can also double-click the utility's name.)
Sets: Displays a list of button sets to choose from. By default, there is only one button set, called gmax Default. You can create custom button sets by clicking Configure Button Sets.
Configure Button Sets: Displays the Configure Button Sets dialog, where you can create custom button sets of up to 32 buttons.
Named utility buttons: These buttons show a selection of utilities. Click one of these buttons to run a utility. The utility's parameters can appear in rollouts below the Utilities rollout. Some utilities use a dialog rather than rollouts.
While a utility is running, its button remains active until you click it again to turn it off and close the utility, or when you click a different utility's button.
Many utilities have a Close button that appears at the bottom of their rollout. This is another way to close a utility. If the utility controls appear in a dialog rather than a rollout, closing the dialog closes the utility.