3ds exporter quesion

[Vance Souders]

I need to create an object in AutoCAD that is broken down into discrete sub objects and then export it to 3ds format. I can't seem to figure out how to create the original object in AutoCAD so it retains the grouping information on export. Everything I export from AutoCAD into 3ds gets stuffed into a single mesh with no selectable sub objects. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Vance

 

[Alireza Parsai]

Vance,

You'd better put objects into separate layers, then they will appear as separate objects in the new format. By the way if you are going to use them in 3ds max, it is better to import the DWG file directly rather than export it from AutoCAD. I have written an article about this issue. Please visit the following link:
http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/autocad/tutorials/select/081803_parsai_import_max.htm

Alireza Parsai
Autodesk Authorized Author
http://www.cadpanel.com