mattjazzwood Posted June 25, 2017 Posted June 25, 2017 Hi All All of a sudden 3ds max has started acting strange.. I usually build models (architectural) in autocad and then open them up in 3dsmax for applying materials and a environment and then doing some renders. But now when I import a model as soon as I try to rotate it or zoom in or do anything the model disappears and so does the navigation cube and I can't seem to recover it, yet it must be still there as all the layers are still listed in the layer explorer, its driving me insane...... Any idea anyone, please Matt Quote
Cad64 Posted June 25, 2017 Posted June 25, 2017 It sounds like maybe your model is far away from the origin X0,Y0. Hold down the Alt and Ctrl keys and then hit "Z" to Zoom Extents. Or hold down the Ctrl key and hit "A" to select all and then hit "Z". That should bring your model back into view. In the future, it's usually best to move your model to the origin in Autocad before bringing it into Max. Quote
mattjazzwood Posted June 25, 2017 Author Posted June 25, 2017 Hi Thanks but I've tried all the things you suggested.. Matt Quote
Cad64 Posted June 25, 2017 Posted June 25, 2017 Can you provide your Autocad file for testing? If so, please save down to 2013 format so I can load it into my version of Max. Quote
Cad64 Posted June 25, 2017 Posted June 25, 2017 See here: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?95160-How-to-upload-files-to-the-forum Quote
Cad64 Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 I guess you solved the problem on your own? Can you tell us what the issue was? when I import a model as soon as I try to rotate it or zoom in or do anything the model disappears and so does the navigation cube and I can't seem to recover it Quote
mattjazzwood Posted June 27, 2017 Author Posted June 27, 2017 Hi there sorry I've been really busy the last few days... The instructions you gave me just wouldn't work I think the file is too big so heres a dropbox link instead... https://www.dropbox.com/s/nr08zx9b4u4wk8e/Ground%20plan%20001.2013.dwg?dl=0 Regards Matt Quote
Cad64 Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 The problem is as I described previously. Your model is way too far away from the origin X0Y0. I opened your file in Autocad and moved everything to the origin and then imported it into Max and everything works fine. You can zoom, pan and orbit around and nothing disappears. Quote
mattjazzwood Posted June 27, 2017 Author Posted June 27, 2017 You got it...I thought I d tried that but I obviously hadn't... Can't thank you enough it was driving me crazy... Best regards Matt Matt Quote
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