Mirza Link Manager
Seamlessly import and update from BIM packages into 3dsMax (using standard export file formats)
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Mirza is probably the best file importer for 3dsMax in the world, saving us hundreds of work hours every year. - Tudor Vasiliu, Panoptikon
INFO: Now linking nodes in Corona and Fstorm scatterers too, and improved Forest pack and Rail Clone
Models coming from your CAD/BIM program (Archicad, Revit, Rhino, Sketchup, Autocad) will be imported, cleaned and recombined into one mesh per material.
Upon next import (update) all materials, modifiers and changes on properties applied in 3dsMax will be subsequently reapplied on the new meshes.
This way you'll easily keep an up to date 3dsMax model of your project under it's development.
NB:Forest Pack object's distribution surfaces are also updated to the new corresponding meshes.
This is a fully working version with a trial period of 7 days.
Installation
Drag'n drop the .mzp file onto the 3dsMax viewport.
Access it through the menu Tools/Mirza Tools, or make a button in a toolbar.
Access it through the menu Tools/Mirza Tools, or make a button in a toolbar.
Workflow
- Export from your BIM/CAD package
- Import into 3dsMax through Mirza: a link is created (menu Tools/Mirza Tools)
- Work: Apply materials, add modifiers, group ...
- Update! Next time you want to render an updated BIM model just update the link
Tips&Tricks
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- It can be a good practice to divide your project into a few links: one for the building, one for the furnitures, and another one for the landscape. In that case prepare preset views in your BIM package for these different exports.
- If using Revit use the Autodesk material converter program to be able to render with Vray or other renderers
- Special characters in material names are not supported by some formats like obj, try avoiding them
- In Revit avoid using generic materials.
If you have to then check the box "Fix Autodesk Generic materials". Note that this process make the update slower for big files.
(NB:The 3dsMax built-in link manager would just collapse all of them to one single mesh)
- Duplicate links to keep track of different iterations of the project
History
2023 04 02 Version 2.55
-Adds(back) needed unit options for import with Obj from Rhino and Autocad
-Bug hidden objects and properties fixed
-Improved Forest pack workflow
-Added compatibility (retaining object linking) with more scatterers: Corona, Fstorm, RailClone
2022 07 22 Version 2.5
-fixes compatibility with 3dsmax 2023
2022 01 08: Version 2.4:
-Revit import upgraded. Ability to fix Autodesk Generic materials
-Automatic check for update
-Minor changes to the UI
2021 06 14
-Diverse updates to the UI
2019 11 14:
-Option to Link by layers to Rhino and Autocad (creates one mesh per layer)
2019 02 05
-Diverse minor improvements
2018 10 07
-Support for Autocad files
-One click duplicate of Mirzalinks
2018 08 16
-support for Forest Pack
Forest Pack object's distribution surfaces are linked to the new corresponding meshes when updating a model.
-Adds(back) needed unit options for import with Obj from Rhino and Autocad
-Bug hidden objects and properties fixed
-Improved Forest pack workflow
-Added compatibility (retaining object linking) with more scatterers: Corona, Fstorm, RailClone
2022 07 22 Version 2.5
-fixes compatibility with 3dsmax 2023
2022 01 08: Version 2.4:
-Revit import upgraded. Ability to fix Autodesk Generic materials
-Automatic check for update
-Minor changes to the UI
2021 06 14
-Diverse updates to the UI
2019 11 14:
-Option to Link by layers to Rhino and Autocad (creates one mesh per layer)
2019 02 05
-Diverse minor improvements
2018 10 07
-Support for Autocad files
-One click duplicate of Mirzalinks
2018 08 16
-support for Forest Pack
Forest Pack object's distribution surfaces are linked to the new corresponding meshes when updating a model.
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