Tag Archives: 3ds Max

Civil View (3DS Max) and Vertical Faces

As you may know, Civil 3D does not like vertical faces in a TIN.  Many of the default corridor subassemblies actually have slight offsets built in to avoid creating vertical faces.  However, you’ll find that Civil View is even more … Continue reading

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Civil View (Dynamite VSP) – 3DS Max- Gaps in Corridors

Recently, we had a customer call in asking about how to preserve the gaps in a corridor surface when exporting to Civil View.  When you export a corridor in Civil View to 3DS Max, it’s going to create a surface … Continue reading

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3DS Max – Civil View (Mental Ray) Render Speed

When rendering scenes in 3DS Max and Civil View (Dynamite VSP), you might find that the mental ray presets take a long time to render.  Therefore, any animations that you create will take a very long time to render.  Given … Continue reading

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Planned Service Pack Transparency for 3ds Max 2012

Autodesk released a list of the planned fixes for the 3ds Max 2012 to improve feedback from the customers.  This is very different from what we would typically see of the other products Autodesk offers, where information about the service … Continue reading

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Civil View (Dynamite VSP) and SketchBook Designer

Civil 3D and Civil View (Dynamite VSP) make 3ds Max much easier to learn if you are trying to create civil renderings.  Civil View is used to quickly convert Civil 3D geometry such as corridors and surfaces to 3ds Max … Continue reading

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