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Left: Vertical axis set to X.
Center: Vertical axis set to Y.
Right: Ve rtical axis set to Z.
DWF Files
Exporting 3D DWF Files
File m enu > Export > Publish to DWF
With 3D DWF publishing, you can export
Design Web Format™ (.DWF™) files of your
three-dimensional models with nearly the same
visual fidelity as in rendered scenes. DWF files are
relatively small files that can easily be shared with
a team working on a project who may not have
3dsMax.Italsoprovidesafastwayforviewing
models without having to spend time animating
and rendering them because you can use the Orbit
feature in the viewer to fly around the model.
Forexample,aDWFfileofyourscenecanallow
you and others to quickly view an interactive
modelaswellasthepropertiesofeachobject.
Recipients of 3D DWF files can view and print
them using the Autodesk® DWF™ Viewer, which
is installed with 3ds Max. For more information
about using the viewer, see the Autodesk DWF
Viewer help system.
Featur e Support with 3D D WF E x por t
• 2D and 3D splines. The Enable In Viewport
setting on the
Rendering rollout (page 1–262)
does not need to be enabled in order to export
splines.
•3Dgeometry.
• Texture mapped materials with a diffuse map
channel, UV mapping channels, and material
IDs are published.
Note: Materials that have Use Real-W orld Scale
(page 2–1429)
enabled display more accurately
in the DWF viewer.
• Procedural materials are exported, but they are
only a rough approximation and will be very
low resolution. Real-World Map Size should
be turned off for objects that have procedural
materials assigned to them.
• Materials that have transparency are correctly
exported and their opacity values are
recognize d by the DWF Viewer. Even a s you
orbit the view, objects that pass behind other
objectsthathavetransparentmaterialsassigned
are still visible.
Limitati ons of 3D DWF Ex por t
Materia ls and Env ironments
• Environment backgrounds are not exported;
the DWF Viewer uses its own background color
setting.
• Environmentaleffectssuchasfogdonot
export.
• Materials using reflection maps such as Flat
Mirror do not produce a reflection when
exported.