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  • It is possible to create a library of ready-to-render figures, furniture, and props-- complete with material assignments.

  • Static parts of a formZ project can be turned into one or more References. This can conserve memory and increase responsiveness when working with very complex projects.

  • A Reference consumes very little memory and disk space, and if set to display as a bounding box, will not degrade viewport performance at all.

  • A Reference appears a single object, so it does not clutter the formZ Object list.

  • A Reference's materials are not brought into your project, and so do not clutter the formZ Material list.

  • MXS Reference objects are duplicated as Instances within the Maxwell scene, reducing memory footprint.

Create MXS Tool

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Any MXS file can be used as a Reference, including an entire previously-exported scene.

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Tip

Vegetation

To place plants or trees on an undulating terrain mesh, try these settings:

  • random uniform scaling set to minimum 0.8, maximum 1.2

  • random rotation

    • azimuth set to minimum -180, maximum 180

    • altitude to minimum 0, maximum 0

    • orientation set to XY so the plants always grow upwards

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Parametric

Maxwell References are parametric objects, and can be edited after creation. To edit, select one or more Reference objects with the Pick tool, then click on the Parameters tab.

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