Can't get a good model in 3ds max

[Anonymous]

Hi, i'm kinda new to the 3d max software and i've been trying to export archicad files into 3d max. I seem to get it right at converting but my problem is that the model is so small i cant properly zoom into it.
Can anyone give me a detailed walkthrough to get the conversion 100% correct?
Thanks

[Anonymous]

As I can remember, you need to give it 1000x scale factor when you export it from ArchiCAD

[Anonymous]

yeah, i did that, but still.... it doesnt work accordingly. That's why i requested a detailed walk-through

[Anonymous]

Search the forum! It's there!

[Anonymous]

Isaac_B -

I am having many of the same troubles. However, I have found a useful site that explains the process. Try this one first...

http://plugins.angstraum.at/archicad_wiz/faq.htm

and take a look here.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/4381-archicad-max-scale-issues.html

The only way I got it to work, was doing a File>Save as>3ds in the 3d Window of archicad. I could not open it in max at all but found that I could open the file in Rhinoceros 3d to which I scaled it properly and then took it directly into max.

Hope this helps a little.