"Failure to Translate" a dwg created by 3DS max / .max file help

[Anonymous]

ACAD GURUS!

I am trying to open a file that is a bajillion 3D shapes (a treehouse playground, most of the shapes are leaves).

First issue: The creator of the file exported as .dwg, but when I try to open it with Fusion I get a generic error message of "Failure to Translate."  I should be able to open any .dwg file, right? (it comes up as available under "All Supported Files option)  What are we doing wrong that's getting lost in translation?

Second issue:  I can open the 3D Object (.obj) file with Fusion, but instead of the 25' tall thing I'm expecting, I get a 3" tall model instead.  What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it? 

Thanks!!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

DWG Import is not available for Personal Licence.

günther

[jeff_strater]

OBJ is unitless.  You need to understand what units it was created in and specify those for translation.  This means that you should use the Insert Mesh command, not upload or open (which do not have the units specification).  Or, you can just figure out what the unit conversion should be, and scale by that amount.

For the DWG, we'd have to see the file itself.  There might be something in there that Fusion doesn't recognize, or some other error.

[ryan.bales]

Why its not working is likely this(emphases added):

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@Anonymous wrote:

I am trying to open a file that is a bajillion 3D shapes (a treehouse playground, most of the shapes are leaves).

Not all DWGs are created equally and quantity of objects, as well as how they built and placed in the resulting DWG are what is most concerning. What other formats can you use? 

The scaling issue is about changing or selecting your units when inserting a mesh. 

[Anonymous]

I have the pro version though.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I have the pro version though.

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Attach example files.

Make up dummy geometry to illustrate the behavior if your actual data is proprietary.