https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-Export-to3d-Studio-Max-by-materials/m-p/116864#M11733 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I modeled my building and put it on the materias name to later identify in Max. But when I imported the 3ds by material in Max it says Improper file format.. <BR /> I tried dwg, 3ds, but none of them came separate by material... they grouped together in layers Wall, Slab... I need to substitute the materials that already have in my model...<BR /> Is there a way to do this? <BR /> <BR /> in the dwg translator setup there`s no options to set them by material... <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_eek.gif" style="display : inline;" /></R></DIV> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:56:03 GMT Anonymous 2008-11-12T19:56:03Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-Export-to3d-Studio-Max-by-materials/m-p/116864#M11733 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I modeled my building and put it on the materias name to later identify in Max. But when I imported the 3ds by material in Max it says Improper file format.. <BR /> I tried dwg, 3ds, but none of them came separate by material... they grouped together in layers Wall, Slab... I need to substitute the materials that already have in my model...<BR /> Is there a way to do this? <BR /> <BR /> in the dwg translator setup there`s no options to set them by material... <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_eek.gif" style="display : inline;" /></R></DIV> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:56:03 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-Export-to3d-Studio-Max-by-materials/m-p/116864#M11733 Anonymous 2008-11-12T19:56:03Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-Export-to3d-Studio-Max-by-materials/m-p/116865#M11734 Use these settings to save your 3D (from the 3D window) and you should be able to open your file and change materials. We use it here all the time. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:40:40 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-Export-to3d-Studio-Max-by-materials/m-p/116865#M11734 Anonymous 2008-11-19T01:40:40Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-Export-to3d-Studio-Max-by-materials/m-p/116866#M11735 Thanks sbrincat..<BR /> <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_biggrin.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> It worked just fine.... Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:42:10 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Archicad-Export-to3d-Studio-Max-by-materials/m-p/116866#M11735 Anonymous 2008-12-08T20:42:10Z