Hi,

if i place (at example) a quader and i will change the obect attributes, then nearly all entries are grey disabeld.
this was not in former versions like that.
can someone help me?

thanks
Marcus

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You need to change from “by layer” to “by object”.

thank you.................now it works

there is a setting in the preferences how new Objects are set .
In the Max/English version it sits on the “General"-Tab under “Layer Defaults”
and is called “Default to by Layer for New Nodes”. This should be deactivated.
Maybe ADESK changed the defaulft- prefs for the Design Version ... don’t know.....

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They did - Customise > Custom UI and Defaults Switcher. Click one of the options (left) then read in the middle column what’s different.
The 2 non-design ones default to ByObject, the 2 Design ones default to ByLayer. Max 2009 Design as installed defaults to one of the 2 Design options (logically enough), therefore it’s on by default. Turning it off (ie back to ByObject) should work as you described.

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