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Hi, I have a serious problem that has torn my workflow apart. I work on a max file which has an AutoCAD DWG linked in. Everything is ok untill I exit and reopen 3ds Max file. When I do this, first it seems all fine, but if I want to change the included layers and reload the linked file again 3ds Max crashes the moment that I click Select Layers To Include Button. Is there anybody having the same problem, is there a solution. Please help I'm almost desperate. I'm working on Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite (Premium) 2013. Both AutoCAD and 3ds Max Design are up to date and I'm using 2013 file formats for both.

So I've run into this weird glitch/problem, and searching hasn't been able to help me out, so I thought I'd see if anyone here had any ideas. I'm running 3ds max 2011 and autocad 2013 (downsaving to 2010). I've been linking my .dwg files into my max files using the file link manager. This problem has cropped up twice and I'm not sure what's up. I link the file, no problem, it imports, I do my mapping and everything is going swimmingly. When I come back to the drawing another time, the file acts like it is still linked, but in the file link manager dialog box there is nothing there. Nothing to select so that I can reload my updated .dwg files. Selecting geometry in 3ds max still identifies it as linked geometry, but there is just nothing in the file link manager dialog box. I can't bind, detach, reload, nothing. Since it's still acting linked I can't delete anything, and I also can't reload. So I basically end up having to put it all on a layer, hide it, and then re-import the .dwg file and start fresh. Anyone run into this before?