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NOTE Making rigid imported NURBS surfaces independent can take a long

time if there are complicated surfaces in the file, or if the file is large. Avoid

selecting all surfaces and then clicking Make Independent. Rather, save your

file immediately after successfully importing it, and then use Make

Independent with care.

IGES Log Files

During the translation process, the software creates log files containing detailed

information about the processing of the model. This information includes

error messages and entity-mapping statistics. You can use this log file to

understand what occurred during the translation.

The software places log files in the directory where the IGES file is either

imported from or exported to. The log file name has the prefix name of the

3ds Max file name, with the extension of .xli (input) for import, and .xlo

(output) for export.

The log file provides the following information:

■ Name of the file processed.

■ Number and severity of errors encountered, a description of them, and an

explanation of what can be done, or what was done to the data in error.

(The software attempts to fix many errors itself.)

■ Summary of entities processed.

■ List of the entity types encountered and those created.