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Note:
This option is available only when the file is
high lighted in the L in ked Files list.
Bind—Removesthelinktothefile.Thegeometry
in the scene remains unchanged, but it’s no longer
linkedbacktotheoriginalfileand,iftheoriginal
file changes, it can’t be updated using Reload.
When you click this button, you receive a warning
that you’re about to break the link between the
objects in the current 3ds Max scene and the file.
Note: This option is available only when the file is
high lighted in the L in ked Files list.
Show R eload Options—Displays the File Link
Settings dialog (page 3–428) when you click Reload,
and uses t hese settings for reloading. When you
turnoffthisoption,theFileLinkManagerusesthe
reload settings stored in the current scene.
Clo se—Cancels all changes to settings and closes
the dialog.
Presets panel
Named Pr esets —Lists all existing presets.
Modify—Opens the File Link Settings dialog (page
3–428), letting you change the settings of the
selected preset.
New—Opens the New Settings Preset dialog (page
3–437), creating a new preset with default settings.
Note: Newisonlyavailablewhennopresetis
selected in the list. If a preset is selected, this
button changes to Copy.
Co py—Opens the New Settings Preset dialog (page
3–437), creating a new preset with the same
settings as the currently selected preset.
Note: Copyisonlyavailablewhenapresetis
selected in the list. If no preset is selected, this
button changes to New.
Rename—Opens the Rename Settings Preset dialog
(page 3–437), letting you change the name of the
selected preset.
Delete—Deletes the selected preset.
Clo se—Cancelsallchangestosettingsandcloses
the dialog.
Support of M ulti ple Ma ter ia ls on
Link ed ACIS Solids
3dsMaxsupportsmultiplematerialsperobject
in DWG files exported as ACIS s olids from Revit
Architecture/Structure/MEP 2008 and later, as
well as s olid primitives created in AutoCAD
Architecture 2008 (formerly ADT ) and later.
Linked solids can have Multi/Sub-Object materials
(page 2–1594) that you can view and manipulate
in the Material Editor.
Note: Previous versions of 3ds Max supported
multiple materials for polymeshes but only one
material ID for each ACIS solid when linking a
DWG file, regardless of how m any material IDs
had been assig ned to the solid.
Process
When 3ds Max lin ks a ACIS solid DWG file
from AutoCAD or Revit Architecture (version
2008 and later) with either t he Layer, Blocks as
Node Hierarchy, Split by Material” or the Entity,