CAD tip # 7319:

Supported only in the new "AutoCAD Drawing" mode:

• Support for AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture and Revit Sun and Shadows information.
• Support for AutoCAD Architecture mapped UV textures on objects.
• Support of multiple materials on ACIS solids in files from Revit Architecture 2008 and AutoCAD Architecture (ADT) 2007 and later.
• Support for all ObjectARX custom objects (ignored by the Legacy importer).
• Specialized support for AutoCAD Architecture and Revit objects, including style/component grouping and naming, style associations for material and modifier propagation, and material translation and assignment.
• Specialized support for AEC Civil contour objects (translated into a Terrain object).
• Support for Raster objects.
• Support for axonometric named views (translated into cameras with the Orthogonal toggle turned on).
• Support for attached drawing xrefs.
• Support for DXF files.
• Rescaling to imported drawings created with units that differ from the 3ds Max system units.
• Ability to skip frozen layers, or to select specific layers to import (or exclude) from a list. Maintaining layer assignments from the drawing file.
• Ability to set shape rendering parameters before importing to 3ds Max.

Supported only in the old "Legacy DWG Import" mode:

• AutoCAD primitives translated into 3ds Max primitives.
• Support for Text (not MText).
• Imported blocks are represented as groups.