import from 3d studio max

[mario.argese]

hello to all boys,
I have done a lot of research without ever drawing conclusions.
I also tried with the search function but did not find anything unfortunately.
the last beach is your help :smile:

I wanted to know if you can import a file from 3dsmax design 2010 to revit 2010.

to explain better: I was invited to a 3dsmax modeled house and I would like to open it with revit to see the functionality of the building (I can't use at all 3dsmax).

How can I do that?
Thank you in advance.

hello to all:smile:

 

[gfrank]

you can export from revit to 3ds with fbx format, but only to make renderings.
from 3ds to revit, you can use the dwg interchange format, which does not want to say that you can import the "complete" file of 3ds.
in any case, the imported file, or rather the "objects" imported in revit, can be managed as blocks, and not as "real" revit families

 

[mario.argese]

so to view it in revit I should first import it in autocad and then from autocad I put it in revit as dwg?
Do I understand?

 

[gfrank]

I do not know 3ds, but usually in export, you must save the file in dwg, or if that is not possible, give (export) only the views in dwg (i.e. 3d, or a view of plant/prospect/section).
Afterwards, the view/plant/prospect/section is imported/connected.

as I said before, revit recognizes dwg as blocks, and not as "file".
If, for example, from 3ds you can export the view in 3d (as dwg file) the same "view 3d" can be imported in revit.
imported into revit, the "block / view 3d" (meaning that the components of such view, in the expostation from 3ds in dwg format, maintain the characteristics of 3d - xyz size) the same can be dissected. change in materials, represent it in views of plant and section, but does not have the characteristics of a family/object revit.

 

[mario.argese]

Well, now I have the clearest ideas.. .
The important thing is that I can see the inside of the building better.. .
Thank you very much.
always very helpful and effective!

 

[gfrank]

I repeat.... only if the "lock" in dwg that amounts keeps the characteristics of the 3d.

to highlight the concept, the 3d view of a building, allows me to see the external facades, but it is not said that it can "see" the inside (even having the possibility to make a section) if the characteristics of the imported file are not in 3d. in such case, making a section, you would see only the external facades, seen from the inside/section, but you can not see the internal partitions (solar, partitions)

 

[fulviok]

Sorry, I often import some 3dsmax files in revit (as dwg) and wanted to ask if it is possible, in revit change the material of the imported object. Thank you.

 

[gfrank]

Sorry, I often import some 3dsmax files in revit (as dwg) and wanted to ask if it is possible, in revit change the material of the imported object. Thank you.

know:http://www.cad3d.it/forum1/showthread.php?t=8844
http://www.cad3d.it/forum1/showthread.php?t=8365command names are related to ver. 2009