Lightning Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Hi, I have a copy of Viz2005 for evaluation and apparently any geometry that is derived form linked AutoCAD data cannot be grouped or assembled. I suppose it is bug in the software. Has anyone come across this phenomenon? Thanks, Lightning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVIANS Cedric Architect Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 hello .. no i think it's noral no ? when you use the File Link ... you Link the DWG file.... so .. if you want to group .. group it in DWG file... ;-) it's a Xref "linked" but not import final 3D dwg object in file... no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdp777 Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Quite honestly, it depends on how the file was linked, via byobject or bylayer as to whether you have complete access to the objects to group them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted May 13, 2004 Author Share Posted May 13, 2004 I linked the polylines from AutoCAD by "Entity" as I'm doing since the days I worked on Viz 2. Just for checking I opened the same file in Max 6 and the "Group" function worked just fine. It is a Bug... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Please take a look at the help topic named "Restrictions on editing AutoCAD geometry". It lists a series of things that cannot be done to linked object. Grouping is not explicitly listed there, but grouping changes parent/child relationships, so a linked object cannot be grouped. Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted May 13, 2004 Author Share Posted May 13, 2004 It worked fine on Viz 2,3 and 4, so unless this is part of making the "Filelink" work "better" I can't understnad this other than a Bug. I don't have the recenlty added "Filelink" option to Max 6 so I can only wonder how it works there, because as I said, the "regular" Max 6 groups this object just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 This is not a bug. This limitation was introduced because grouping objects is one of the reasons why geometry moved upon reload. MAX 6 with File Link will also not allow grouping. MAX 6 by itself does allow grouping, but that file will produce incorrect results if you bring it back to VIZ to reload. Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted May 14, 2004 Author Share Posted May 14, 2004 Thanks Alexander, I understnd it now. But what is the alternative? at the moment I'm using "Selection sets" instead of the groups. I like to name each object and I really don't like the way the object selection window is looking right now after importing 25 ploylines that create the door frames in a corridor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Named Selection Sets and Layers are the way to go. You can also Link the DWG using the old methods that do not create a Node Hierarchy. That may help you. Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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