Host Application: 3ds Max
Host Application Version: 7, 8, 9, 2009, 2010, 2011
Operating System: Multiple
Plugin Version: Various

The Best 3ds Max CAD Data Translator you will ever use.

- Do you need to import IGES, STEP, SAT, or Rhino files into Max?
- Are you sick and tired of poor quality Polygon translation?
- Tired of dealing with mesh smoothing issues and reversed faces?
- Need to change the resolution of your mesh without re-translating?


Translate NURBS Not Polygons!


Power Translators are built from the ground up to solve today’s difficult problems of importing quality CAD data into 3ds max. The Plug-in has been battle hardened in the most demanding productions at some of the best 3d visualization rendering facilities in the World. The 3ds professionals spoke and we listened and together we developed the most advanced, best integrated, highest quality Max CAD translator on the market today. We guarantee it.



Have you ever had to re-create a CAD model inside of MAX/VIZ? Power Translators is the answer to get those CAD models and assemblies into MAX or VIZ with the push of a button. Power Translators reads IGES, STEP, SAT, and Rhino and creates a Power NURBS surface/solid within Max to represent the precise geometry defined in these files. It can then create a mesh at render time to a specified user defined tolerance relative to the size of the object in the image. For example, a tolerance of 2 or 3 pixels will produce an extremely high quality image with very smooth edges that do not have polygonal artifacts. The Power NURBS surface/solid introduced by Power Translators can have materials applied at the sub-object level and is able to utilize most MAX Mesh modifiers (twist, UV Map, etc.).

Power Translators could easily pay for itself on a single project in time savings alone!



Quick Installation Reference: Quick Help Prior to Installing Power Translators Basic...


After installing Translators Basic and selecting the appropriate plugin in the first dialogue option, the following config file (nPower_Config30.ini) should be created in the root Max directory. If you are having any difficulties with the product, first check if the config file has the corresponding attribute:

[AvailablePowerTools]
PowerSolids=0
PowerSurfa=0
PowerNURBSPro=0
PowerTranslatorsBasic=1
PowerTranslatorsUniversal=0
PowerTranslatorsPro=0
PowerTranslatorsRhino=0

Note for customers using Vista...

after running the installer, you will need to explicitly "Run as Administrator" from the start menu the first time that you run 3ds Max. This only needs to be done the first time you run 3ds Max so that it can finish installing and authorizing your software.


 NOTES:

Make sure that Translators Basic is the ONLY translator software enabled. Basic is NOT Compatible with Pro or RhinoToMax

*Translators Universal is compatible with Translators Basic*

*Translators Basic is compatible with Power Solids, Surfaces and NURBSPro*


 For additional help please read our FAQ located in the Support Forums.

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