exporting snow(particle effect) from 3dstudiomax to vizard

[virtmeg]

Hi- I am trying to export a snowcloud from 3DstudioMAX in a way that I can walk around inside of it in vizard as a 3d animation. I can't seem to get vizard to recognize that the snow exists in my wrl or 3ds file. Does anyone know how to do this?
Also, is there any built-in way to do particle effects in vizard?
thanks!