Work with 3ds Max workflows

Run workflow

Use this procedure to send your design to 3ds Max Design or Showcase. Before running a workflow, ensure that the design contains only the required objects, and any layers not required are turned off or frozen.

Run a workflow

1. Open the design document in the source application: AutoCAD, Inventor, or Revit.
2. Click the Application icon Suite Workflows.
3. Click the workflow you want to run.
4. In the workflow dialog box, click Run.

   It it is not already open, the target application opens.

5. Respond to any prompts that display.

   After some processing, your design displays in the target application.

Create workflow

You can create a workflow based on one of the standard workflows supplied by Autodesk, or based on another user workflow. After you identify workflows that demonstrate best practices, share them with other team members to support consistent processes.

Create and share a user workflow

1. Open Workflow Manager using one of these methods:
   • Click Workflow menu Show Workflow Browser
   • Click Application icon Suite Workflows Workflow Manager
2. In Workflow Manager, right-click the workflow to use as a template for your custom workflow Cuplicate. The new workflow is added to the list, with a digit appended to the name, such as (1).
3. Select the new workflow, and then click Settings.
4. In the Workflow Settings Editor, modify any workflow settings as required, and click Save As.
5. In the Save Workflow Settings dialog box, enter a unique name and description for the new workflow, and click Save.
6. To share the new workflow with your team:
   1. At the top of the Workflow Settings Editor, click Information. In the About section, the Source entry shows the path to the new workflow and other user workflows.

      The default location is C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/Autodesk/Workflows.

   2. Right-click the Source entry Select All.
   3. Right-click the selection, and click Copy.
   4. Paste the source path in a convenient location for adding to an email or otherwise communicating to team members. Instruct your team members to place the workflows on comparable locations on their computers.
   5. Navigate to the Source directory and copy the new workflow for distribution to your team.