Create your first 3D Object in 3ds max
Click here to reach Entry Point Menu
 
Click mouse in Perspective View Port, it will be surrounded by Yellow Color rectangle, showing that Perspective View Port is Active.
 
 

Now click in Top View Port, it will be surrounded by Yellow Color rectangle, showing that presently Top View Port is Active.

Similarly click on other View Ports one by one and observe the reaction.

Now bring mouse near Command Panel >
Click on Create Panel > Click on Geometry
> Standard Primitives > Click on Teapot button

Now we are Ready to make Teapot.

 

Bring mouse in Top View Port, press mouse button and drag to make Teapot of desired size, release mouse button.

Congratulations, your First 3D Object is ready. You can observe this object from different angles in different View Ports. White color object - shown in Top, Front and Left View Ports is known as "Wireframe or Mesh" and colored object in Perspective View Port is known as Shaded, gives only a rough feeling of Object. Final rendered Image of this object will be far better.

Create few more 3D objects, using same procedure.


 
 

Now click on Select Object Tool on the main toolbar and then bring mouse in Top View Port, click on second object.

Second object will be selected and first object will be deselected.

Similarly click on third, fourth objects one by one and observe the reaction.

Objects can be selected in any View Port.

Now click on an empty area, anywhere outside the current selection in the View Port. Selected object will be deselected.

 
 

Thus for deselecting all objects, we can simply click anywhere in the View Port on an empty area.

Procedure for selecting two or more objects will be explained later.

 
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