DWG Blocks

[pixelstudio]

Hi people,

Just a quick question, when i import acad files into maxi gebin to edit the drawing by deleten all the stuff that i don't need.
Problems is when i try to delete "block" my drawing get messed up.
i tried unlink, dwg clean script. but that does not work.

any1 has an idea how to get rid of those blocks?

cheers

[Clifton Santiago]

Explode prior to importing?

[tricky]

Somebody did a script on cgarchitect to sort this. Do a search for 'block' and 'dbarc' perhaps over there...

[pixelstudio]

Somebody did a script on cgarchitect to sort this. Do a search for 'block' and 'dbarc' perhaps over there...

Aaah cool m8, found a script thats seems to work reasonable... thx.

if any1 also is in search of this:
http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/7726-a...locks-max.html

[cgrant3d]

Re: DWG Blocks

Hi people,

Just a quick question, when i import acad files into maxi gebin to edit the drawing by deleten all the stuff that i don't need.
Problems is when i try to delete "block" my drawing get messed up.
i tried unlink, dwg clean script. but that does not work.

any1 has an idea how to get rid of those blocks?

cheers

I actually use a script called "DWG Cleanup" by Jon Seagull to do this...

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/dwg-cleanup

[DrJan]

The way I do it is explode everything, purge and audit and then save before importing. On import I select to load everything as one model.
But then again, I draw everything in Max and only use facade views as reference.

[RErender]

If the dwg is just for reference I like to use file link, that way when I'm done with it lust detach and all the layers and blocks are gone.