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Re: Assistance converting Inventor to 3DS Max

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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
I know, this topic has been addresed, but it's a different situation for us. The computers we are using are using a Novell client networking system, thus screwing our computers up and making them incredibly restricted. For some reason, we can't configure plugin paths, and can't import an inventor file into 3DS Max. Within the next few days or so, we're going to need to put an inventor file into max, and I was wondering if any team would be willing to do me a favor turn the file into a .max extension for me? PM or just leave a message here if you're willing, thanks.
Here is what you do: Export as STL file from Inventor, and then import it in 3dsmax. You'll have to tweak the import settings to get it right, but these should work for most cases:

turn on Autoweld
turn off Auto Normals.
set the smoothing angle somewhere from 10 to 20