topic Re: export project to 3ds max in Collaboration with other software

export project to 3ds max

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:42:25 GMT

Is it possible to export project from ac to 3ds max and then to render it in there? thnx

Re: export project to 3ds max

TomWaltz — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:53:43 GMT

Yep.

1) Open the 3D window
2) File > Save as...
3) Select 3DS as the output format.

Re: export project to 3ds max

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:54:25 GMT

can i use *.dwg format?

Re: export project to 3ds max

TomWaltz — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:00:56 GMT

if you want to, sure, why not?

Re: export project to 3ds max

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:38:31 GMT

okey, thank you

Re: export project to 3ds max

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:36:48 GMT

Why would you need dwg for this?!?

Re: export project to 3ds max

stefan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:12:59 GMT

kliment wrote:
Why would you need dwg for this?!?

You might want to use the File Linking option, to update the original geometry after the export and have it automatically reflected in 3ds max/VIZ.
This works when you mainly prepare it to be structured according to layers.

This is also how Revit files are linked to VIZ or 3ds max: as DWG documents!

Re: export project to 3ds max

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:16:22 GMT

I know this is an older post, but...useless, did you ever get the model into max? I am very interested in rendering in 3d studio but cannot get it to work very well?

Re: export project to 3ds max

stefan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:39:20 GMT

stefan wrote:
kliment wrote:
Why would you need dwg for this?!?

You might want to use the File Linking option, to update the original geometry after the export and have it automatically reflected in 3ds max/VIZ.
This works when you mainly prepare it to be structured according to layers.

This is also how Revit files are linked to VIZ or 3ds max: as DWG documents!

This is indeed an older post. And if I'm not mistaken, Revit models are now transferred to 3ds Max using the FBX format (originally from Kaydara FilmBox, which, in the form of MotionBuilder was later sold to Alias, which was later sold to Autodesk).

Re: export project to 3ds max

ChristophKoehler — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:00:14 GMT

hi!

i think the dwg export is broken, at least for me. i gives me, every time i try it and with every method i know, for example walls which all center around the origin instead of the real geometry exported from archicad which is a pain! so there is no other way as to use the good old 3ds file format for export which by the way also remembers the material but has otherwise no layers and no linking capabilities...

anyone else experiencing the same dwg problems as me?

with best regards

christoph