Arches not smooth

[ssstrutz]

Hello all,

I have recently been working on a kitchen rendering and I typically create the model in Autocad 2011(saved down) and file link to max 2010. Any object with a curve is coming in to max not looking like an arch. It is not smooth as you can see in the picture included.

Does anyone know how to make this a smooth arch when it is inserted into 3Ds Max? I have not had this problem before.

Thanks!!!!

[njoco2]

Scott, try increasing the curve steps and lower the Max surface deviation for 3D solids in the import dialog.

[ssstrutz]

Thanks for the reply.

I bumped up the curve steps to 30 and decreased the deviation to .25" for 1" however the curves are still coming in as straight lines.

[kippu]

increase it further , till max curve steps and decrease the deviation also

[ssstrutz]

I was searching through some other posts and found people with the same issue a while back. They fixed it by importing as a Legacy dwg file. I tried it and it did work, however the file is not linked. It makes it a little bit tougher when you make changes, but I needed to get the project out the door and couldn't wait to keep trying the linking. I had a very detailed cad drawing that would take about 8 minutes to load though file link.

Thanks for the help, I will mess around to see if there is a better way to make it work for the next job.