miauu's Manage Links
miauu's Manage Links helps you to link Sketchup, Rhino, Autocad or your preferred BIM or CAD program with 3ds Max.
It is incredibly fast and will save you ages. Heavy files with millions of polygons are processed smoothly and fast.
What it does is to import the models, clean and fix the imported geometry and split it in one object per material. The resulting objects will be saved as a .fbx file and you can link it to 3ds Max manually or miauu's Manage Links can link it for you automatically.
miauu's Manage Links uses the default 3ds Max file linking.
Supported file types that can be imporeted are SKP and OBJ.
With the skp files miauu's Manage Links works best when the old SKP importer is used. The new SKP importer in 3ds max 2020 offers limited settings that can be tweeked by the users compared to the old SKP importer, used in 3ds max 2019 and previous versions. The lack of some of the options in the new SKP importer may lead to improperly imported models. Because of this it is recomended the saved .skp files to be saved for Sketchup 2014 and lower version, no matter of the version that you use.
If you use ForestPack or Multiscatter the objects they create will be updated after link updating.
This is a commersial script. You can find more information here: miauu's Manage Links
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miauu's Manage Links 1.1
miauu's Manage Links is updated to version 1.1
Changelog:
+ NEW: [SELECT & MERGE] - allows you to import skp/obj files. No export as .fbx and no file linking will be performed. Imported objects will be split per material, grouped and moved into a new layer.
Video Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWFxtMUIPkw
Tools and Scripts for Autodesk 3dsMax
Sorry...
...for my late reply.
Well, I would like Revit files supported, but so that it doesn't take ages to import, objects are attached by same materials. As it is now, it takes me ages to make them better to handle; building the model from scratch now saves me lot of time.
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Video that show how fast is miauu's Manage Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IyMQex2fsk
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How exactly do you want the revit files to be supported? 3ds Max can link revit files using the default File Link Manager tool.
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Revit?
Great tool...but will it support Revit files?
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Thank you. :)
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Thank you. ;)
Tools and Scripts for Autodesk 3dsMax
If you model in Sketchup and
If you model in Sketchup and then render your masterpieces in Max- it's MUST HAVE tool.
The speed and reliability* are insane. Millions of polygons get processed (import model>combine by material>linking) almost instantly. The workflow (effortless updating your model without need to re-apply material assignments) is very comparable to Lumion's one.
Game changer!
*-if you have to deal with heavy models via standard tools (=fbx importer with 'combine by material' option On) at some point the linking process will just get stuck.
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This is a "dream can true" tool for the architects.
Amazing works man. Keep up good work and stay safe
bga