Proteus compatibility - RealWorld forums

hi,
I have exported 3ds files from proteus ARES.
But i cant open it in rw 3ds viewer.
but it is compatible with other 3d s/ws.
At the same time i was able to use the 3ds components created with rw icon editor in proteus ARES.
Any one succeeded in opening 3ds file exported from proteus ?..pls help

It is a one-way street. RWIE uses its own format for 3D models and exports to 3DS, but cannot import and modify a 3DS file. The internal format uses basic shapes like sphere or cylinder and NURBS surfaces as its building blocks and 3DS uses a triangle mesh. The transformation from a triangle mesh back to a higher level shape would be almost impossible.