2008

Lights Imports lights from pre-AutoCAD 2007 DWG files.
Sun and Sky Imports Sun and Shadows position from the drawing file
(AutoCAD / AutoCAD Architecture 2008 and Revit 2008 only).
NOTE You must set mental ray as the default renderer for you to see the Sun and
Sky effect. To set mental ray as the default renderer, see
Choose Renderer Dialog
on page 5944 .
Hatches Imports hatches from the DWG file.
WARNING This stores each line or dot in the hatch pattern as a separate spline
that defines the hatch; this can create a very large number of objects in your scene.
Views and Camera Imports named views from the DWG file, and converts
them to 3ds Max cameras.
NOTE Orthographic views do not translate correctly in imported DWG files.
However, there are no problems with Perspective views.
Points Imports points from the DWG file.
NOTE The imported point objects are represented in 3ds Max as Point Helper
on page 2544 objects.
UCSs (grids) Imports user coordinate systems (UCS) from the DWG file and
converts them to 3ds Max grid objects.
Advanced File Link Settings
File menu > File Link Manager > Reload a linked file with Show Reload turned
on. > File Link Settings dialog > Advanced panel
File menu > File Link Manager > Presets panel > Select an existing preset and
click Modify. > File Link Settings dialog > Advanced panel
File menu > File Link Manager > Presets panel > Create a new preset. > Select
the newly created preset and click Modify > File Link Settings dialog >
Advanced panel
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File Link Manager > Reload
a linked file with Show Reload turned on. > File Link Settings dialog > Advanced
panel
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