Maxwell palette is the central control panel from where you can reach the most important plugin features easily.
It is a dock-able ARCHICAD palette which can be embedded into you program layout in different ways.
The top buttons of the Maxwell palette are always visible but the other UI tabs (Object Properties, Surface Materials, Mini Library Editor) are visible only in case the tab is related to the currently selected item(s).
Top buttons from left to right:
Preferences
Open the plugin Preferences dialog.
Open Path Fix Dialog
Inside the Path Fix Dialog you can manage the Maxwell related project dependencies.
(For example re-link mxm materials, Environment images, Referenced MXS files, etc.)
Start Render
Export the scene and start render with Maxwell Render.
Open in Studio
Export the scene and open it in Maxwell Studio for further tweaking.
(You need Maxwell Studio
Send Job to Network
Export the scene and start render with Maxwell Network module.
Maxwell FIRE…
Open FIRE window (Fast Interactive Rendering)
It is a button with two options - run FIRE in CPU or GPU mode.
Open Plugin Manual
Open this manual in a web browser.
Set palette Dockabe/Not Dockable
It is nice to dock the palette between other interface elements but in case you want to use it as a floating panel it can be more convenient to disable the docking feature.