Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Got a blank screen when imported to Illustrator?

Some of our unfortunate students have complained of the weird problem so we decided to show you a “detour” method to save your precious profiles. 

 

1. In 3ds Max, select a part you want to export.

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2. Click Export-Export Selected.

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3. Select AutoCAD (*.DWG) as file type to be saved and type in file name.

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4. Click OK.

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5. Run AutoCAD 2011

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6. Go to Open-Drawing.

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7. Open the DWG file you saved in 3ds Max.

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8. You will be able to see the profiles. Click Export-Other Formats.

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9. Select Encapsulated PS (*.eps) in Files of type and type in file name.

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10. Open Illustator.

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11. Open the EPS file you saved in AutoCAD. 

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12. Save it in AI format.

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If you know a better way please let us know.