3ds documentation

 Autodesk 3DS

Name:  Autodesk 3DS format

Location:   File ‣ Import/Export ‣ 3D Studio (.3ds)

Version:   1.0.0

Blender:  2.89 to 3.1

Category:   Import-Export

Authors:  Bob Holcomb, Campbell Barton

Recovered by:   A.G gaming king

Usage

This add-on can be used to import and export objects from the 3DS file format. This format is commonly used to exchange files from Autodesk® 3ds Max®.

Properties

Import

Forward / Up Axis

Since many applications use a different axis for ‘Up’, there are axis conversion there settings, Forward and Up axis – By mapping these to different axis you can convert rotations between applications default up and forward axis.

Blender uses Y Forward, Z Up (since the front view looks along the +Y direction). For example, its common for applications to use Y as the up axis, in that case -Z Forward, Y Up is needed.

Size Constraint

Scales the imported objects by 10 scene units until it reaches the size defined here. To disable set the Size Constraint to zero.

Image Search

This enables a recursive file search if an image file can’t be found.

Apply Transform

Applies object transformations after importing.