Sharing .max scenes

[philvanderloo]

Ok I've done this before and I'm trying to remember what steps need to be taken when sharing max scenes to assure that all of the xreffed files, bitmaps, textures, and necessary assets are transmitted properly.

Using max design 2105, Vray 3.0

I'm reading that saving as archive has issues with asset mapping, saving bitmaps, motion files and others. Seems like I've used it before with no problem?

Thank You

[Francisco Penaloza]

First you need to be sure that all your assets are linked properly, sometimes Max shows the elements but the path are broken.

You can use Asset Tracking to see if all your textures and link are working, if they are broken or missing you can fix it from there, I also use a scrip called "Relink Bitmaps", it is free and works great not only with textures but also with proxies, donation are accepted

After all that you can use "Archive" if all links are working all your the files connected to your project will be collected and packed in a ZIP file.