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Objects contained in layers that are frozen in AutoCAD or AutoCAD
Architecture are not linked to 3ds Max. Objects that were originally linked to
3ds Max are removed if their layer is frozen in AutoCAD or AutoCAD
Architecture and the link is reloaded, but they are added again, upon reload,
after their layer is unfrozen in the program where the drawing is created.
NOTE This is only the case if Skip all Frozen Layers is active on the Select Layers
dialog
on page 6813 . If you select the layers individually from a list, you can bring
in data on frozen layers.
See also:
■ Using Layers to Organize a Scene on page 7224
Scale Synchronization
3ds Max automatically manages the scale conversion on linked geometry and
materials. 3ds Max has its own system unit for internal representation of
geometrical scale.
If you find that any geometry is not shown at the size you intended it to be,
it is because it was created at the improper scale in the originating program.
See also:
■
Using Units on page 2504
File Link Manager Utility
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > Click the More button. > Utilities dialog >
File Link Manager
File menu > File Link Manager
The File Link Manager utility allows you to work in either another design
software's environment (such as AutoCAD) or in 3ds Max while maintaining
a single design database. If you use AutoCAD drawings, this feature works
with drawings from AutoCAD Release 12 through AutoCAD 2005, including
the AutoCAD Mechanical/Architecture and Revit applications.
You can establish, refresh, and break links to any number of linked files. You
can also edit out unnecessary information by using layers and other filters.
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