Please help - imported CAD model is black

[Cad64]

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I have attached the cad file, but i am not being able to upload the sketchup and max file.. Its saying, Invalid file.

Just put the .skp file into a .zip and then upload that. You can do the same with the .max file, but it's not necessary. All I need is the .dwg and the .skp files. It's 6:30 am here and I'm at work now, so I won't be able to look at your files until later tonight.

[nidhi singhania]

Here, thanks for telling me the process to upload the files.
1st i created the image in cad then converted it into 3dimensional in sketchup and then imported it in Max.....

[ThrashMetal]

i tried everthing but i really cannot encounter the problem your having, it seems to work ok to me, ill try to upload later once our net speed increases, theres a lot of people using this line.

just out of curiosity, why didnt you model it in autocad?, why draw the lines in cad then extrude them in sketch up?

[ThrashMetal]

ok..i know your using mental ray, at first i rendered your max file and it showed the same, black, but when i assigned a simple mental ray material ("get material" then choose :arch & design, then apply that to your material), press f9 and it will render not as black anymore. i really dont know how to upload this file, need help but it looked good to me, i even applied different materials and it looked of at render time.

[nidhi singhania]

As suggested by Cad64 , if you zip. the file then you will be able to upload the said file.

[nidhi singhania]

I dont know how to make 3d figures in cad. That is why I am applying this process

[nidhi singhania]

I tried to do as you directed, but the entire image is not coming when i am rendering it...
Secondly, i can see the coloured image only when i am rendering it, otherwise it is still coming in black. If and when i will attach proper material to it, then it will be really difficult to judge how it is looking on the structure.
Dont you think so!!!

[Cad64]

Here, thanks for telling me the process to upload the files.
1st i created the image in cad then converted it into 3dimensional in sketchup and then imported it in Max.....

I just looked at the file you posted and the solution is simple. Make sure you're in Polygon selection mode, window select the object so that all faces are highlighted in red and then hit the "Flip" button. Then just apply a material to the model and you should be good.

[ThrashMetal]

yes, that worked perfectly, i just found out you are not using mental ray but rather scanline so i just did what cad said and it worked..

[nidhi singhania]

Hey, yeha it worked just fine...
Me so happy, i was quite irritated due to this
Thank you so so much...