Drawing Autocad Style in Viz

[illyrianeye]

I am trying to make a switch from autocad modeling to viz. I usually draw everything as polyline and extrude it. In viz, i am trying to draw lines as i snap to a linked autocad drawing. The problem is, how do i zoom in and out of different parts of the drawing while still keeping the line command active?

 

please help,

 

thanks

[Brian Smith]

With a scroll wheel mouse.

[notamondayfan]

and if you need to pan, press (or hold down) "i".

[illyrianeye]

Thanks guys. Is ther anywere on the manual where i can get the commands shortcuts? I am new to modeling in viz so event he simplests commants are helpful to me.

 

thanks

[notamondayfan]

u can check them all in your UI in vis.

 

the main shortcuts (i use are)

 

W - move

E - rotate

R - scale

ALT+W - full screen

CTRL+X - expert mode

1,2,3,4,5 - sub division levels

ALT+Q - issolation mode

T - top view

P - perspective view

L - left view

F - front view

C - camera view

CRTL+C - create camera

S - 3d snap

M - material editor

Z - zoom all

 

i also add my own keys such as -

X - show last rendering.

 

hope this helps, dean

[RAYMOND]

actually why are moving to viz to model...

 

if you use ADT, and linking it seems a better way to do it..

 

r:D :D

[ajvbochove]

Zooming and panning (navigation) --> mouse wheel scroll and press

FAST navigation --> CTRL & mouse wheel scrol

SLOW zooming --> ALT & mouse wheel scrol

Rotated scene (arc rotate and others) --> ALT & mouse wheel press

[illyrianeye]

actually why are moving to viz to model...

 

if you use ADT, and linking it seems a better way to do it..

 

r:D :D

 

Well i wanted to learn viz modeling because soemtimes, when i link or insert autocad drawings, i get weird geometry shading or just weird triangle shapes in my square forms.

 

Anybody dealt with this?

[Matt Clementson]

actually why are moving to viz to model...

 

if you use ADT, and linking it seems a better way to do it..

 

r:D :D

MAX/VIZ have always had notoriously bad import from AutoCAD and related products. Anything other than 2D data coming in is usually in need of so much clean up that its usually quicker just to remodel it in MAX/VIZ in the first place.

 

I'd say perservere with learning to model in VIZ - it took me around 6 months to make the transition to modelling entirely in MAX and I've never looked back since. The only thing I use AutoCAD/Microstation for now is 2D drawing clean-up before importing into MAX.

[illyrianeye]

MAX/VIZ have always had notoriously bad import from AutoCAD and related products. Anything other than 2D data coming in is usually in need of so much clean up that its usually quicker just to remodel it in MAX/VIZ in the first place.

I'd say perservere with learning to model in VIZ - it took me around 6 months to make the transition to modelling entirely in MAX and I've never looked back since. The only thing I use AutoCAD/Microstation for now is 2D drawing clean-up before importing into MAX.

 

I am doing my best, but I am at the beginning stages and its hard. I cant for example draw a continuous polyline around an object and panning at the same time. And i cant do a perpendicular line to another line. I am sure ill get the hang of it one day though.