3DS Import Bugs

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Anybody else like to mess around with models from archive3d.net? If so, you’ve probably noticed that some 3DS files don”t seem to import properly — pieces end up in the wrong places.

There is a long-standing bug report about this sort of thing: https://developer.blender.org/T50620 to which I recently added a patch that improved matters a lot for me.

Frankly, I don’t know if any of the Blender developers are still watching that report. But if you care, feel free to give my patch a try.

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Yeah, must admit, I end up running some 3DS files through a file converter for import. That said, I’ve also found at times, resetting transforms can fix certain files.

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If you want to do batch imports en masse, you might be interested in my import_to_blender batch-import script.