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3ds max 2014 files won't open


Chad Warner
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I've been having an issue with certain Max files, let me try to explain:

 

-1 max file of a building that has an dwg link.

-1 max file that has the building xrefed into it. The second file also has a dwg link of the sitework.

 

The file will open/close/save/merge objects/etc up to a point at which I can't determine, at which once the file is saved and closed, I can't get it to open up again. I've tried merging the whole file into a new file, but the same result happens with the new file. It's as if once whatever it is that is happening 'happens' the file and contents are corrupted.

 

Any thoughts on why or how this is happening? I'm using V-ray and Max 2014 sp2 on a windows 7 64 bit OS.

 

Thanks!

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Well, I sent the file to our reseller just to try, and he was able to open the file with all of the materials/plugins/maps missing. I attempted the same thing here by disconnecting the mapped network drives and I was able to open the file off of a local drive. It does find the xrefed file because they are in the same directory. Do you think this would indicate a corrupt map, dwg, or plugin?

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Seems like the .dwg is the common denominator. Did you do the usual cleanup?

 

Edit: To trouble-shoot you could re-direct the file-link to a different .dwg

 

So now I am able to open the file that didn't work before, and I detach the xref, bind the linked dwg, and resave as a different file, And then I can't open the re-saved file. This is driving me nuts!!

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