From the course: AutoCAD: Importing a 2D Project into 3ds Max

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Save the file out as a new 3D DWG file with a new filename

Save the file out as a new 3D DWG file with a new filename

From the course: AutoCAD: Importing a 2D Project into 3ds Max

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Save the file out as a new 3D DWG file with a new filename

- [Man] We're staying in our 00GroundFloorWithBoundaries.dwg file. And as I mentioned in the previous video, we talked about the file type, and saving back to that 2013dwg file type. Now I've explained all of that, I've explained the importance of it as well. What we need to think about now is the naming philosophy for our new drawing that is going to be used to transition over into 3D Studio Max. So at the moment you can see that we've got 00GroundFloor as our naming philosophy. 00 in the UK is ground floor, and then, obviously, ground floor describes it as well. And the with boundaries is a description for you so that you know which drawing to use from the library. So what we need to think about now is a naming philosophy that will stand out in our list of drawings and let us know that this is a transition drawing and not a working AutoCAD 2D drawing in the project. And I'm going to use a really, really simple naming…

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