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Importing Geometry 525
tool that is packaged with A utodesk Architectural
Desktop 2005.
See also
Asset Browser Utilit y (page 3–505)
Internet Access (page 3–523)
i-drop Indicator (page 3–524)
Compatible File Formats
MAX Files (from Autodesk VIZ) (page 3–526)
VIZ Render (DRF) Files (page 3–528)
Impor table File Formats
Importing 3DS Fi les (page 3–531)
Importing PRJ Files (page 3–532)
Importing SHP Fi les (page 3–534)
Importing Adobe Illustrator 88 Files (page 3–534)
Importing AutoCAD Drawing Files (page 3–537)
Importing DXF Files (page 3–547)
Importing FBX Files (page 3–559)
Importing Autodesk Inventor Files (page
3–553)
Importing IGES Files (page 3–567)
Importing LandXML/DEM Models (page 3–590)
Importing Lightscape Files (page 3–609)
Importing HTR/HTR2 Files (page 3–624)
Importing TRC Files (page 3–626)
Importing STL Files (page 3–635)
Importing VRML Files (page 3–639)
Importing Wavefront (OBJ, MTL) Files (page
3–637)
Exportable File For mats
Exporting 3D DWF Files (page 3–556)
Exporting to 3DS (page 3–533)
Exporting to Adobe Illustrator (page 3–535)
Exporting to ASCII (page 3–535)
Exporting to AutoCAD DWG Files (page 3–545)
Exporting to DXF Files (page 3–552)
Exporting FBX Files (page 3–562)
Exporting IGES Files (page 3–569)
Exporting JSR-184 Files (page 3–570)
Exporting Lightscape Files (page 3–577)
Exporting HTR/HTR2 Files (page 3–627)
Exporting to Shockwave 3D (page 3–628)
Exporting to STL (page 3–636)
Exporting to V RML97 (page 3–640)
Exporting Wavefront Object (OBJ) Files (page
3–637)
Exporting Wavefront Material (M TL) Files (page
3–639)
Impor ting Geometr y
When you import geometry, using the Import
command on the File menu, in most cases a
dialog is d isplayed that asks wheth er you want the
imported geometry to be added to the scene, or to
replacethesceneentirely.Forexample: