- The export from Archicad (mac osx) to 3DS MAX is pitiful! The better way to get ARCHICAD models into 3DS Max would be to have full FBX. I have found how to use the.mtl file (exported with.obj file, as materials description). Has anyone tried to export to revit via BIM6x and then import to 3dsMAX?
- Cinema 4d seems to support FBX format. Even the cheapest C4D. You might be using a very old Cinema, thugh. Check if you can import FBX. FBX is a format that does support perfectly bones, weights, animation. So, all you need to do is get someone that opens in Max that *.max file you have, and export as FBX.
Import C4d Files Into 3ds Max For Mac
To manually export to FBX from 3DS Max. Download the latest fbx exporter from Autodesk website and install it. Export your scene or selected objects (File->Export or File->Export Selected) in.fbx format. Using default export options should be okay. Copy the exported fbx file into your Unity project folder.
If you make your 3D objects in 3dsMax, you can save your.max files directly into your Project or export them into Unity using the Autodesk.FBX or other generic formats. Unity imports meshes from 3ds Max. Saving a Max file or exporting a generic 3D file type each has advantages and disadvantages see. All nodes with position, rotation and scale. Pivot points and Names are also imported. Meshes with vertex colors, normals and one or two UV sets (see below).
Materials with diffuse texture and color. Multiple materials per mesh. Animations. Bone based animations (see below).
To manually export to FBX from 3DS Max. Download the latest fbx exporter from and install it. Export your scene or selected objects ( File-Export or File-Export Selected) in.fbx format. Using default export options should be okay. Copy the exported fbx file into your Unity project folder. When you switch back into Unity, the.fbx file is imported automatically.
Drag the file from the Project View into the Scene View. Exporter options Using default FBX exporter options (that basically export everything) you can choose: Embed textures - this stores the image maps in the file, good for portability, not so good for file size Default FBX exporter options (for fbx plugin version 2013.3) Exporting Bone-based Animations There is a procedure you should follow when you want to export bone-based animations:. Set up the bone structure as you please. Create the animations you want, using FK and/or IK. Select all bones and/or IK solvers.
Go to Motion-Trajectories and press Collapse. Unity makes a key filter, so the amount of keys you export is irrelevant. “Export” or “Export selected” as newest FBX format. Drop the FBX file into Assets as usual.
In Unity you must reassign the Texture to the Material in the root bone When exporting a bone hierarchy with mesh and animations from 3ds Max to Unity, the GameObject hierarchy produced will correspond to the hierarchy you can see in “Schematic view” in 3ds Max. One difference is Unity will place a GameObject as the new root, containing the animations, and will place the mesh and material information in the root bone. If you prefer to have animation and mesh information in the same Unity GameObject, go to the Hierarchy view in 3ds Max, and parent the mesh node to a bone in the bone hierarchy.
Exporting morph targets (blend shapes) from Max. Ensure you have the Morpher Modifier applied to the export mesh with appropriate morph targets set up in the Channel List. Animate keyframes on the Export mesh/modifier only if you require animation.
Check animation Deformations, Skins if required and then Morphs in the FBX export dialogue Exporting Two UV Sets for Lightmapping 3ds Max’ Render To Texture and automatic unwrapping functionality can be used to create lightmaps. Note that Unity has built-in, but you might prefer using 3dsmax if that fits your workflow better. Usually one UV set is used for main texture and/or normal maps, and another UV set is used for the lightmap texture. For both UV sets to come through properly, the material in 3ds Max has to be Standard and both Diffuse (for main texture) and Self-Illumination (for lightmap) map slots have to be set up: Material setup for Lightmapping in 3ds Max, using self-illumination map Note that if object uses a Shell material type, then current Autodesk’s FBX exporter will not export UVs correctly.
Alternatively, you can use Multi/Sub Object material type and setup two sub-materials, using the main texture and the lightmap in their diffuse map slots, like shown below. However, if faces in your model use different sub-material IDs, this will result in multiple materials being imported, which is not optimal for performance. Alternate Material setup for Lightmapping in 3ds Max, using multi/sub object material Troubleshooting If you have any issues with importing some models: ensure that you have the latest FBX plugin installed from or revert to FBX 2012.
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We have exactly this Problem. Our Project Design for mechanical Engineering is done in cinema4D because this is extremely fast, especially for animations. For Detail Engineering we use Inventor. We tried many ways to Export the design-data from c4d to Inventor, we never suceeded.
It worked via 3dsmax (IGs) but files were much to big. Same thing via UG. Recently we heard about Leios (used to convert 3d scanned objs to CAD files), but the demo version does not allow exports so we have no results yet.
If your file vas created in max with meshes you cann not export in to IGES file format because IGES is NURB based file format. But eny time you can export to mesh based file format such as STL, OBJ, and simmilar. But that means that for further work in proe, rino, catia, unigraphics. You will ned to do reverse engineering of that mesh data.
But for renderings mesh data formats are excellent if they are good quality. Be careful when exporting to mesh data that angle control and coordinate height is small as possible. From my expirience the best result is when you use rhinoceros as file converter betven max and other cad softwares. Rhinoceros handles mesh and nurb based files very welll.