how to copy/array multiple xrefs?

[Visual Pieces]

hello

 

i have a file (the terrain) and i have to put 300 equal xrefs and move/rotate them individually.

i know how to xref 1 file, bind an object and rotate/move it.

 

How I do for include the 300 xrefs in one step, (not doing 300 times the same) ??

cause i cant copy/array the inserted xref.

 

thx

[abicalho]

There's an easier way to do it if you have an AutoCAD drawing that contained the original objects - and this is the MAIN reason behind the changes to File Import and File Link made to MAX 6/VIZ 2005.

 

If you did the AutoCAD model correctly, your houses will be blocks. If they're blocks, when they are imported into MAX, they're converted into Block Hierarchies. Select one of them, add a Substitute Modifier, in the XRef section choose your object and voilá: you have 300 houses.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Alexander

[Visual Pieces]

yes, my original file is from AutoCAD : The house. = 400 kb. when i import in max and texture its = 1 mb. , i think i have to delete faces for less weight...

 

......., they're converted into Block Hierarchies. Select one of them, add a Substitute Modifier, in the XRef section choose your object and voilá: you have 300 houses..........

 

where i see "Block Hierarchies".... there is nothing to select...

and how i apply a "Substitute Modifier"

 

please, your help can save my life... thanks

[abicalho]

If you do not know how to apply a modifier, what's File Link, I simply would suggest that you insert them as Xref Objects instead of XRef Scenes. That way you can clone them inside of MAX as many times as you need.

 

The only drawback is that the houses will need to has as few objects as possible.

 

Alexander

[Visual Pieces]

its imposible to xref as objects , it will a holocaust,

if nobody can tell me how to multiply 300 times the xref scene, i will need to to do the operation 300 times manually, sad but true

 

thanks

[Visual Pieces]

im dissapointed... what the forum helps...