Import Materials

Select whether to assign fill colors from the imported objects according to the colors of the materials of objects when selected.

Import Transparency and Image Data as Renderworks Textures

Select to import texture and transparency materials as Renderworks texture resources

Create Renderworks Textures for All Materials

Select to create Renderworks textures for all imported materials from the input file

Import Mesh Objects

Imports each mesh object defined in the 3ds file as either a group of mesh objects or 3D polygons

Import as Vectorworks Mesh Object

Select to import all geometry as a group of mesh objects

The 3DS file format does not contain smoothing information. The 3DS import will set document smoothing to the created mesh objects.

Import as Groups of 3D Polygons

Select to represent all imported geometry as a group of 3D polygons

Preserve Texture Assignment and Mapping

If Import Materials is selected, and you are importing geometry as polygons, specify whether textures and texture mappings are applied to imported 3D polygons to preserve their overall appearance (Renderworks required).

Scale

Opens the Import 3DS Scale dialog box, for specifying a scale to apply to all imported objects; see Scaling 3ds Objects

Import Light Objects

Imports light objects from the 3ds file

Import Spot Light

Select this option to import spot lights from the 3ds file as Vectorworks spot lights

Import Omni Light

Select this option to import omni lights from the 3ds file as Vectorworks point lights

Import Camera Objects

Imports camera objects from the 3ds file

Import Active Camera Only

Imports only the active camera from the 3ds file, and sets the current view to the camera view

Create Saved Views for Each Camera

Imports all camera objects from the 3ds file, and creates a saved view in the Vectorworks file for each