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.