Importing arcs and curved solids from CAD to Max

[darkoivic]

Hi,

I have a little problem importing curved objects, modeled in CAD. I think there has to be a smoothing option that solves this situation. I have created an arc solid in CAD and it looks smooth enough for me, but when I import it in max it looks faceted. I have tried to play with "Curve Steps" in Import Options but apparently it is only affecting splines and not objects.

 

Please help!

[Sketchrender]

There is an option on the import port box to define the amount of sections you want in the curve, curve steps I think.

Check it out.

Or just remodel it, sometimes that is much quicker.

[darkoivic]

There is an option on the import port box to define the amount of sections you want in the curve, curve steps I think.

Check it out.

Yes I have tried it, but it seems that it works only with splines and polylines, not solids.

[Francisco Penaloza]

you need to adjust in AutoCAD first.

FACETDEV

 

facetratio: 0

aecfacetdev: 0.001

facetres: 0.01

hope this help

[darkoivic]

facetratio: 0

aecfacetdev: 0.001

facetres: 0.01

thanks a lot!

[Vince Paske]

You are looking for Maximum surface deviation in the import dialogue. Set it to a very low, or zero value to get smooth solids from AutoCad,