icons, 797-798
i-drop, 85
IDs, 554-555
IES Sun light, 651
IFL files (Image File Lists), 706-709
Ignore section, 89
IK. See inverse kinematics
IK Chain Assignment rollout, 928, 950
IK Controller Parameters rollout, 946
IK Solver Properties rollout, 944
IK Solvers, 927, 928-929, 940
IK technique, 969
illumination, 1072-1074
Illustrator (AI) file, 80
Image Alpha filter, 1122
Image Aspect ratio, 1004
Image Driver section, 1120
Image File Lists (IFL files), 706-709
image filter events, 1121-1125
Image Filters section, 1040
image input events, 1119-1120
image layer events, 1126
Image Motion Blur, 184, 1008
image output events, 1128
Image Sources section, 1039, 1040
image-editing packages, 525
importing files, 75-76
IMSQ (Autodesk ME Image Sequence File), 706, 1005
Include in Calculation section, 266
Incoming Controls pane, 772
Index of Refraction, 507, 532
Indirect Illumination panel, 1072-1074
Influences, 1185
Info message, 1095
Inherit rollout, 206
Ink Controls rollout, 551
Ink ‘n’ Paint material, 550-551
Ink Quality, 551
Insert Time button, 799
installing
3ds Max 9, 1188-1190
plug-ins, 1178
instance cloning option, 224
Instance Duplicate Maps utility, 591-592
Intensity/Color/Attenuation rollout, 657
Intensity/Color/Distribution rollout, 659
Interactive IK method, 940
interactive pan, 43
Interactive Tools section, 678
interface
command panel, 27-30
configuring paths, 121-123
custom, 117-121
Customize User Interface, 107-116
customizing modify and utility panel buttons, 116-117
Deformation window interface, 471-473
elements of, 20-21
help, 34-36
interacting with, 32-34
lower, bar controls, 31-32
menus, 22-23
selecting system units, 123-125
setting preferences, 125-134
toolbars, 23-27
viewports, 27
interpenetrating objects, 915
Intersection operation, 479
inverse kinematics (IK)
Applied IK, 942-943
controller, 774
creation of system, 936-939
versus forward kinematics, 935-936
History Dependent IK solver, 946-948
History Independent IK solver, 943-946
Interactive IK, 940-942
Limb solver, 949-950
overview, 935
Spline solver, 949-951
Inverse Kinematics Limits, 227
Isolate Selection menu command, 179
isometric views, 40
isoparms, 432