Missing models in 3dMax exported W3D

Question

Hi,
I am very new to Director (1 week) and have come up against a
small problem. I have created a model in 3ds Max and exported it as
W3D file. This imports into Director and is visually intact, but
when trying to access some of the components in the model, there
are some missing. It appears that Director will give access to the
base models in the cast member but not to any child models. For
example, I created two simple boxes in Max and linked one to the
other, thus making it a child. When imported into Director you can
visually see both boxes, but the child box does not appear in the
list of models in the cast member. Strangley, if you move the first
box in Director, it also moves its child box as it should.
Anybody have any ideas??
Cheers
DunkCM

Answer 1

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Originally posted by:
DunkCM
I am very new to Director (1 week) and have come up against a
small problem. I have created a model in 3ds Max and exported it as
W3D file. This imports into Director and is visually intact, but
when trying to access some of the components in the model, there
are some missing. It appears that Director will give access to the
base models in the cast member but not to any child models. For
example, I created two simple boxes in Max and linked one to the
other, thus making it a child. When imported into Director you can
visually see both boxes, but the child box does not appear in the
list of models in the cast member. Strangley, if you move the first
box in Director, it also moves its child box as it should.
Hi and welcome,
All the 3DSMax groups and linked models are exported as a
unique model.
You need to ungroup or detach them in 3DSMax and to export
them as separate models.
Later, in Director you can group them and you can create the
parent-child relationship.
have a nice day