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Importing a model from Revit and circular shapes are obviously not smooth

philip_gill — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:27:14 GMT

I have create a model of a circular meeting table with a power unit in Revit. When I import this model into 3DS Max the circular aspects are clearly not smooth. Is there a fix for this?

Re: Importing a model from Revit and circular shapes are obviously not smooth

RobH2 — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:59:19 GMT

Have you put an 'Edit Poly' on it, selected all of the faces and then given them 'Smoothing?'

There are many ways to solve it, some are easier than others. What's your level of expertise with Max?

Re: Importing a model from Revit and circular shapes are obviously not smooth

MartinBeh — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:20:17 GMT

To me, this looks like you need more subdivisions for your table top...

I do not use Revit, so I don't know whether you need to do that in Revit itself or whether you can control the tessellation (how many triangles are generated) upon import.

This here https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-1B4591EE-A040-4543-9EBC-D02A7EBF2E79 seems to suggest you can control the tessellation upon import - check out the "Revit View Detail Level" (you want "fine"), the "Curved object detail" settings (you want to increase them) and the "Simplify Mesh" option (you probably want it off for starters).

Does that help?

Re: Importing a model from Revit and circular shapes are obviously not smooth

philip_gill — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:11:53 GMT

Thank you it was my import settings

Re: Importing a model from Revit and circular shapes are obviously not smooth

MartinBeh — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:01:30 GMT

Glad to hear, thank you for accepting the solution.