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      Can't load DXF files in LightWave 4.0

Product: Lightwave

Platforms: Amiga Intel Alpha MIPS SGI

Problem: Can't load .DXF files in LightWave 4.0

Within Modeler, you must use the "Custom" popup's Add Plugin option to add the Modeler plugins, including Loadcad.p, from the directory NewTek/Plugins/Modeler. Once these are added the first time, you need to quit and restart Modeler to activate them, and then you can load DXF files subject to the same restrictions that have been in place to date:

• the file must be entities only
• the file must be ASCII filetype
• all blocks must be fully exploded.

In 4.0, all objects must be imported via Modeler and saved from there as a LightWave object, before they can be used in Layout.