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Legacy AutoCAD Import 547
Splines rendered at thickness of 1.0 and 5.0, respectively
Sides—Sets the number of sides (or facets) for
thesplinemeshntheviewportorrenderer.For
example, a value of 4 results in a square cross
section.
Angle—Adjusts the rotational position of the
cross-section in the viewpor t or renderer. For
example, if the spline mesh has a square cross
section you can use Angle to position a "flat" side
down.
Rectangular—Displays the spline’s mesh shape as
arectangle.
Lengt h—Specifies the size of the cross–section
along the local Y axis.
Width—Specifies the size of the cross–sect ion
along the local X axis.
Angle—Adjusts the rotational position of the
cross-section in the viewpor t or renderer. For
example, if you have a square cross-sect ion you
canuseAngletopositiona"flat"sidedown.
Aspect—Sets the aspect ratio for rectangular
cross-sections. The L ock check box lets you lock
the aspect ratio. When Lock is turned on, Width is
locked to Leng th that results in a constant ratio of
Width to Length.
Lega cy A ut oCA D I mpo rt
File menu > Impor t > Legacy AutoCAD (*.DWG)
The new AutoCAD DWG/DXF Import Options
dialog (page 3–536) contains many improvements,
including enhanced DWG compatibility and
greater user control and customizability; however,
some things were also lost from the DWG Import
found in previous versions of the software. For this
reason, 3ds Max retains the legacy DWG Import
functionality.
Dif fer ences B et ween New and Legacy
DWG Import
Features Unique to the new DWG Impor t System
•SupportofmultiplematerialsonACISsolids
from files imported or linked from Revit
Architecture 2008 or AutoCAD Architecture
(formerly Architectural Desktop or ADT) 2007
and later.
•SupportforallObjectARXcustomobjects
(ignored by the Legacy importer).
• Specialized support for Architectural Desktop
and Revit objects, including style/component
grouping and naming , style associations
for material and modifier propagation, and
material translat ion and assignment.
• Specialized support for AEC Civil contour
objects (tr anslated into a Terrain object).
• SupportforRasterobjects.
• Support for axonometric named views
(translated into cameras with the Orthogonal
toggle tur ned on). Both importers can translate
perspective views.
•Supportforattacheddrawingxrefs.
•SupportforDXFfiles.
• Rescaling to imported draw ings created with
units that differ f rom the 3ds Max system units.