
Please take some time to explore the additional primitives. I
would also encourage you to look under the Doors, Windows,
and Stairs sections as well (see Figure 1-4). Having the ability
to create doors, windows, and stairs on the fly is absolutely
invaluable and gives you more time to work on other more
important things.
2D Objects (Splines and Text)
Even though you are working within a 3D software package,
there are many times when you need to
start by creating a two-dimensional
object. First, a spline in Max is simply a
line or collection of lines. Splines can be
curved or straight. One of the more
common uses for splines is simply to
create quick thr