This introductory tutorial shows the basic workflow of Hierarchy Guardian, a professional tool for analyzing and cleaning complex scene hierarchies in 3ds Max.

Imported CAD, Revit, BIM, or SketchUp scenes often contain deep hierarchy structures, CAD blocks, negative scale issues, duplicate names, and unnecessary layers. These problems can make scenes difficult to manage and may cause unexpected issues later in the production pipeline.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to analyze an imported scene, review the cleanup report, and safely simplify the hierarchy using Hierarchy Guardian’s analysis-driven workflow while preserving object transforms and scene integrity.