Revit render fails with 3dsMax open

[cliff collins]

Revit 2011 will not render ( fboxrender process will not start ) if Revit and 3dsMax Design
are open simultaneously.

Shutting down Max will allow Revit to render.

Has anyone else seen this, or confirm?

cheers........

[ws]

No, I can even have 3dsMaxDesign2011 and Revit 2011 rendering at the same time with no problems.

A problem I am seeing however is that cancelling a render in 3dsMD2011 hangs the PC needing Task Manager to get out of it.


...and another thing

I came across this which says us Metric types should change to Imperial units before exporting fbx for import to 3dsMD2011 because of difference in light emitter shape sizes.
http://tinyurl.com/2e4fltb

[cliff collins]

Thanks for those tips....

and that you can have R and M open simultaneously and render.

cheers

[ws]

Not sure about that units thing from Autodesk...

Reading the FBX Help file it says that by default units are matched automatically... ?

So much to learn, so little...

[narlee]

Revit 2011 will not render ( fboxrender process will not start ) if Revit and 3dsMax Design
are open simultaneously.

Shutting down Max will allow Revit to render.

Has anyone else seen this, or confirm?

cheers........

Maybe it's a function of the model size. I just tried it with a very simple model, without a problem...