Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 2641

When you import a PRJ file, you get all of the above, plus Shapes. Exporting to 3DS Files The following rules determine what is exported to the 3DS format: ■ Position, Rotation, and Scale animation. If the controller is a TCB controller, the TCB, Ease In, and Ease Out values are also saved. If the controller is any other type of key controller, the keys are saved but the tangent information is lost. If the controller is not a key controller, only the object's transformation at frame 0 is saved. ■ Basic material color/parameters from the Standard material. ■ Single maps with their amount, offsets, scales, etc. ■ Composite and procedural maps don't export. ■ Auto-cubics and Mirrors export. ■ UV mapping coordinates can be exported. UV mapping coordinates are exported if the toggle Preserve MAX's Texture Coordinates is turned on in the Export Scene to .3DS File dialog. See Exporting to 3DS on page 7175. A vertex in a 3DS file can have only one texture coordinate. If a vertex in the 3ds Max file has multiple mapping coordinates, it is split into multiple 3DS vertices on export, to preserve the mapping. ■ Grouped object transformations don't export to the 3D Editor because there's no concept of group hierarchy in the 3D Editor. Groups do export to the Keyframer because the Keyframer understands hierarchies. ■ Target cameras, target spotlights and omni lights. ■ Most "static" parameters for cameras and lights, and animation tracks for Roll, Falloff, Hotspot, and FOV are exported. Global shadow parameters are not exported. ■ All non-mesh geometry, such as procedural primitives and patches, are collapsed to meshes before export. ■ Objects are exported as they exist on the frame that displays at export time. ■ Objects are exported as they exist on the frame that displays at export time. If you want to output morph targets, go to each frame and export the target to a different file name. 7896 | Glossary