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Manager, which keeps drawing data linked to the scenes. It is best understood
through a few simple principles:
■ Changes in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit can
change the
data viewed in 3ds Max, but changes in 3ds Max never
change the data
in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture or Revit.
Creating a file link is a one-way process that supports the central role of
AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture or Revit in developing and keeping a
record of your core design database. Many changes made in AutoCAD,
AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit will appear in 3ds Max after a file link
reload. These include adding or removing objects, moving objects, changing
material assignments (specific to ACA and Revit drawings), and enabling
Live Section objects (specific to ACA drawings). Changes made in 3ds Max,
such as moving objects, changing material assignments, and adding lights,
will never appear in your AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit
drawing.
■ Changes you can
make in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit
should
be made in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit.
Changes that you make in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit
become part of that database, whereas changes you make in 3ds Max appear
only in the renderings you produce.
■ Changes in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit aren't reflected in
3ds Max unless you choose them to be.
When you make changes to drawing files, those changes will not appear
in 3ds Max unless you use the
Reload command on page 6783 on the File
Link Manager. When you reload a link in 3ds Max, you can choose to
update just the geometry from AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit,
you can reload only specific objects, or (with AutoCAD Architecture and
Revit drawings) you can choose to update both the geometry and the
material assignments.
NOTE After changing your Revit project, you must export a new DWG file and
then reload that file into 3ds Max. 3ds Max cannot link a native Revit project,
RVT file, directly.
You can transform (move, rotate, or scale) AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture,
or Revit objects and blocks that appear in 3ds Max, and these types of
changes are not lost upon reload. If you have moved, rotated, or scaled
linked objects and want the objects to resume the position and scale they
have in the original drawing file, use the
Reset Position function on page
6820 .
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