Features Unique to the current 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.
Legacy DWG Importer
The current DWG import utility contains many improvements, including enhanced DWG compatibility and greater user control and customizability; however, some features were lost from the DWG Importer found in versions of 3ds Max prior to 3ds Max 7. For this reason, 3ds Max retains the legacy DWG Import functionality.