Questions about 3Ds Max (importing ACAD and Snapping Problems)

[v1ncent87]

Hi all,this is my first question posted in CGarchitect.

I have some problems related to the snapping tool in 3Ds Max9.The other day i noticed some problems in snapping to a vertex or edge in 3Ds Max.

it seems that after i import an acad file into 3Ds max,i'm unable to accurately snap to a vertex or edge.it looks fine when u look at it zoomed out.but when u zoom in,u'll notice that the edge does not overlap each other nicely.there'll always be a small gap in between.

does anyone know a solution to this problem?it only happens after i import an acad plan into 3Ds Max,which i need to most of the time.

Hope to get a reply soon.

Thanks,
Vincent

[ihabkal]

you have two problems: the scale being wrong, and/or the scene being far away from the origin

[v1ncent87]

Originally Posted by ihabkal

you have two problems: the scale being wrong, and/or the scene being far away from the origin

could you elaborate on that if you don't mind?

i use milimetre in the units setting.when u say the origin,do you mean the origin of the plan in the autocad file before i import it?

[3D_IC]

Move your model in AutoCAD to 0,0 before file linking to Max. This will solve problems zooming and finding the model in model space. I'm not sure if this will solve your problem with snapping.