Autocad 2000 to maya 4.5

[klinker]

autocad is only two dimensional, i think. but u can try *.DXF

[sander0105]

Originally posted by klinker
autocad is only two dimensional, i think. but u can try *.DXF

Actually Autocad can be 3D!

What works fine for me is this:
Export ur cad-work as a .3ds file and import it in maya :thumbsup:
U only need to scale it down.
If ur working in cad in mm u need to scale ur original drawing by 0.001
The only problem is that the origin in cad is the same as the origin in maya, so if u just started drawing somewhere in autocad, u need to locate ur drawing/object in maya and move it back to 0,0,0 (or just do the same in cad :p )

GL

[Kabab]

Originally posted by sander0105
Actually Autocad can be 3D!

What works fine for me is this:
Export ur cad-work as a .3ds file and import it in maya :thumbsup:
U only need to scale it down.
If ur working in cad in mm u need to scale ur original drawing by 0.001
The only problem is that the origin in cad is the same as the origin in maya, so if u just started drawing somewhere in autocad, u need to locate ur drawing/object in maya and move it back to 0,0,0 (or just do the same in cad :p )

GL
That can be easily changed by setting your prefences to the correct units and orientation in maya before importing the file..

[kjpayne]

Thanks for your help. I do have a ver3.1 of max, so I have tried exporting from autocad to max, extruding the floor plan, then to maya and it works.:bounce:

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