Creating Game Characters - Beginning Game Art in 3ds Max 8 - page 169

The Polygon Counter is located under the Utilities tab, which is located on the
upper-right side of the screen and is represented by a hammer icon. To bring up
the Polygon Counter, click on the Utilities tab and then click on the More button
to bring up a list of utilities. Select Polygon Counter from the list (see Figure 6.8).
Building a Template
The first part of building a character in 3ds Max is loading the template you cre-
ated earlier. The process is quite simple, so it should not be hard to follow along.
1. Click on the Create panel. It is the tab in the upper-right corner of the
screen that looks like an arrow with a light behind it.
2. Click on the Create Primitive icon. It looks like a grey ball, and it is located
just below the Create tab.
3. Now click on the Plane button in the Object Type rollout, as shown in
Figure 6.9.
Figure 6.9 Click on Plane in the Object Type rollout.