Proxy object question

[jonofj]

hi
Im new to Proxy objects and 3dsmax.

so far Ive been able to make one palm tree a proxy - I selected it and exported as proxy. not sure if this is the right way either.
 tried corona proxy but couldnt select in scene.
using Corona 7.1

now Ive copied it Clone - and used reference. or instance.

now is this how Im supposed to use it correctly - to create plently palm trees in the scene, without making my file too large , and help speed up rendering? sorry  if its a dumb question.

any help please. ...or point me to a good tutorial for this. thanx

[MGDesignUK]

I find the best way of creating corona proxy's is to create a vray proxy of the original object (clone) and then use a useful script (on the forum called corona proxy converter) to convert the vray proxy to corona one. You will then have the original file, a vray proxy and a corona one.

When you convert the vray proxy to the corona one you and run the script make sure you select the vray one and tick 'selection only'. I hope that helps