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Rendering CAD assemblies in various formats in 3ds Max 2016.

Since versions 2015, Autodesk applications use a common engine for translation of foreign CAD formats. The ATF engine (Autodesk Translation Framework) is used also in 3ds Max 2016, and so it newly supports also loading and rendering or animating of assemblies in non-Autodesk CAD file formats, e.g. from CATIA or SolidWorks. You don't need to have the particular CAD application installed.

See e.g. the sample fan assembly from CATIA V5 loaded into 3ds Max:

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applies to: 3ds Max 2016 ·

See also:
Tip 11816:	How to convert 3D CAD model to the format glTF 2.0 (GLB)?
Tip 11790:	How to get a hi-res image of an Inventor assembly (for a brochure, billboard...)?
Tip 11726:	Loading 3D models in the OBJ file format to AutoCAD.
Tip 11590:	How to replace a 3D mesh model with a grid structure?
Tip 11391:	Which file formats to use to bring a 3D model into Paint 3D?

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