Every scene filed the way your studio files it

Your layer structure, as a template

Main categories and their sub-layers, each with its colour and object ID. A template is a file the whole studio shares. Each scene remembers which template it uses, and its own exceptions, inside the .max.

Objects sorted by rules

Write rules on an object's name, type, material, current layer or size: its length, area or volume. The first rule that matches decides the layer. Start a rule from the selected object and its values are filled in for you. Press Sort and every object in the scene goes onto the layer its rule names, shown in that layer's colour.

• Rules on name · type · material · layer · size
• Groups measured as one object

IDs and masks from the layer

Each layer carries its object ID, and a sub-layer without one takes its parent's. Assign them in one press, or keep them in sync as objects move between layers. One press adds the ID masks your compositor needs to the render, written from the layers' IDs, with no hand-picking.