In the Preferences Dialog you can set important workflow and export parameters. You can get to this dialogue from the Maxwell menu > Preferences or from the gear icon in the Maxwell for Archicad palette.
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General tab
Export mode
From version 2.7.3 the plugin provides two export modes: "3D Window" and "Independent". Both of them have advantages and disadvantages, it depends on the project which one you have to use.
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