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Revit Elements in 3ds Max 449
frame/mullion objects separately. If you changed
the material assignments in Revit so that the entire
frame/mullion component only had one material
assignment, then when you reloaded the drawing
in 3ds Max there would only be one frame/mullion
object present.
When working in Revit, you also have the ability
to link AutoCAD dra wings or other Revit projects
to your cur rent project. This is comparable to
using exrefs in AutoCAD. Objects that originate
as a linked drawing in Revit are grouped together
as Linked Geometry that is named for the linked
draw ing. In this case, t he parent object is named
Import Symbol <drawing.dwg> and its children
are named Import Symbol <drawing.dwg>
subcategory1, Import Symbol < drawing.dwg>
subcategory2,etc.Thesubcategoriesarederived
from the layers that the objec ts reside on in the
drawing.
The following table lists some examples of the
naming conventions of Revit objects that are
imported or fi le linked in 3ds Max.
Impor ted/File Link ed
Name
Remarks
Door <Single-Flush :
34” x 80”>
A Block/Style Parent for an
object of catag ory=Door,
family=Single-Flush and
type=34”x 80”. This parent object
has one or more components,
that are child objects displayed
as Linked Geometry.
Window <Casement
with Trim : 24” x 48” >
Frame/Mullion
A component to an object
named, Window <Casement
with Trim : 24” x 48”>. Thisisa
child objec t and is displayed as
Linked Ge ometry. In Revit, the
Frame/Mullion is a subcategory
of Windows.
Impor ted/File Linked
Name
Remark s
Casework <Base
Cabinet-4 Drawers :
18”>
Casework <Base
Cabinet-4 Drawers :
18”>
Casework <Base
Cabinet-4 Drawers :
18”> Cabinet
ABlock/StyleParentobject
named, Casework <Base
Cabinet-4 Drawers : 18”> and the
two, child components, Casework
<Base Cabinet-4 Drawers : 18” >
and Casework <Base Cabinet-4
Drawers : 18”> Cabinet
Import Symbol
<drawing1.dwg>
This object is Linked Geometry
containing one or more
components found in
drawing1.dwg,whichisa
drawing that is linked to the
Revit drawing. This linkage
is comparab le to an xref in
AutoCAD.
Note: It is possible for instances of the same Rev it
element to subdiv ide differently into 3ds Max
objects. Revit elements are considered instances of
the same element if their category, family, and ty pe
name are exact matches, and this will affect their
instancing behavior for 3ds Max functions such
as material propagation.
Revit Cameras and V iews
In order to navigate a Revit draw ing more
efficiently, you m ight have set up a series of 3D
views by m eans of placing cameras at different
viewpoints around the drawing. The File Link
Manager and Import functions of 3ds Max allow
camera views to be treated as 3ds Max cameras.
You must meet two conditions in order for 3ds Max
to understand Revit camera views.
•Acameraviewmustbeactivebefore you export
the DWG fi le from Revit.
Note: Only the active camera view is exported.
• You have to make sure you’ve turned on the
Views (cameras) switch in the Basic File Link
Settings dialog (page 3–429).