Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1722
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Manager, which keeps drawing data linked to the scenes. It is best understood through a few simple principles: ■ Changes in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit can change the data viewed in 3ds Max, but changes in 3ds Max never change the data in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture or Revit. Creating a file link is a one-way process that supports the central role of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture or Revit in developing and keeping a record of your core design database. Many changes made in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit will appear in 3ds Max after a file link reload. These include adding or removing objects, moving objects, changing material assignments (specific to ACA and Revit drawings), and enabling Live Section objects (specific to ACA drawings). Changes made in 3ds Max, such as moving objects, changing material assignments, and adding lights, will never appear in your AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit drawing. ■ Changes you can make in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit should be made in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit. Changes that you make in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit become part of that database, whereas changes you make in 3ds Max appear only in the renderings you produce. ■ Changes in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit aren't reflected in 3ds Max unless you choose them to be. When you make changes to drawing files, those changes will not appear in 3ds Max unless you use the Reload command on page 6987 on the File Link Manager. When you reload a link in 3ds Max, you can choose to update just the geometry from AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit, you can reload only specific objects, or (with AutoCAD Architecture and Revit drawings) you can choose to update both the geometry and the material assignments. NOTE After changing your Revit project, you must export a new DWG file and then reload that file into 3ds Max. 3ds Max cannot link a native Revit project, RVT file, directly. You can transform (move, rotate, or scale) AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, or Revit objects and blocks that appear in 3ds Max, and these types of changes are not lost upon reload. If you have moved, rotated, or scaled linked objects and want the objects to resume the position and scale they have in the original drawing file, use the Reset Position function on page 7024. File Link | 6977