2008

Differences Between New and Legacy DWG Import
Features Unique to the new DWG Import System
■ Support for AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture and Revit Sun and Shadows
information.
■ Support for AutoCAD Architecture mapped UV textures on objects.
■ Support of multiple materials on ACIS solids from files imported or linked
from Revit Architecture 2008 or AutoCAD Architecture (formerly
Architectural Desktop or ADT) 2007 and later.
■ Support for all ObjectARX custom objects (ignored by the Legacy importer).
■ Specialized support for AutoCAD Architecture and Revit objects, including
style/component grouping and naming, style associations for material and
modifier propagation, and material translation and assignment.
■ Specialized support for AEC Civil contour objects (translated into a Terrain
object).
■ Support for Raster objects.
■ Support for axonometric named views (translated into cameras with the
Orthogonal toggle turned on). Both importers can translate perspective
views.
■ Support for attached drawing xrefs.
■ Support for DXF files.
■ Rescaling to imported drawings created with units that differ from the 3ds
Max system units.
■ Ability to skip frozen layers, or to select specific layers to import (or exclude)
from a list.
■ Ability to set shape rendering parameters before importing to 3ds Max.
■ Ability to maintain layer assignments from the drawing file.
Features Unique to the Legacy DWG Import System
■ AutoCAD primitives are translated into 3ds Max primitives.
■ Support for Text (though not MText).
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