3ds Max to IGES Export Table

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

NoteThe convention for denoting the type of IGES entity is the numerical construction type:form. For example, 214:2 is the IGES entity number 214, form 2. Form numbers can also be signed (given a positive or negative value).

3ds Max object	IGES entity name	IGES entity number
Surface	Rational B-spline Surface	128
NURBS Surface	Bounded Surface	143
Trimmed Surface	Bounded Surface	143/144
Curve	Rational B-spline Curve	126
Point	Point	116
Group	Group	402:7
Instance	Subfigure Definition	308
Instance(s)	Subfigure Definition(s)	408

Notes

When 3ds Max exports IGES, it supports name and color mappings to IGES names and colors.

Since IGES requires unique names per element, 3ds Max will append a unique identifier to multiple objects with the same name.