IGES to 3ds Max Import Table
 
 
 

This topic presents a table that lists IGES entities and the 3ds Max objects they translate to when you import them. Any IGES entities not listed here do not import.

IGES entity number IGES entity name 3ds Max
100 Circular Arc Arc Shape
102 Composite Curve Spline Shape
104 Conic Arc Spline Shape
106 Copious Data Spline Shape
108 Plane NURBS Surface (unbounded converts to construction plane)
110 Line Spline Shape
112 Parametric Spline Curve NURBS Curve
114 Parametric Spline Surface NURBS Surface
116 Point Point Helper
118 Ruled Surface NURBS Surface
120 Surface of Revolution NURBS Surface
122 Tabulated Surface NURBS Surface
126 Rational B-spline Curve NURBS Curve
128 Rational B-spline Surface NURBS Surface
130 Offset Curve NURBS Curve
140 Offset Surface NURBS Surface
141 Boundary Curve NURBS Surface
142 Curve on Parametric Surface NURBS Surface
144 Trimmed Parametric Surface NURBS Surface
143 Bounded Surface NURBS Surface
186 Solid NURBS Surface
308 Subfigure Definition Instance
402 Group NURBS Object

Notes

The 3ds Max objects translated from IGES can have surface sub-objects.

IGES import supports name and color mappings to 3ds Max names and colors.

When you import IGES files, names are mapped by using the level name followed by a colon, and then the object name.

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