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Irie

06-19-2002, 09:18 PM

Hey guys,

I am working on a project that involves character animation and some terrain and particles.... my problem is this...

since i havent gotten a chance to learn Maya character animation (which i hope to do soon as I have only heard good things about it) , and I have a good grasp on LW's IK/bones, I wanted to do the terrain (and maybe particles) in Maya and import them somehow into lightwave. What are my options for this? I know i could do it the other way around with an obj export....but I wanna try it this way.

Any help is appreciated. :)

irie

bentllama

06-19-2002, 09:54 PM

I am not a Lightwave user...but give this a try... Polytrans... www.okino.com... I do not think it will transfer Maya particles though...

Just use Maya for character animation...it is better for that anyway...

Irie

06-20-2002, 12:15 AM

thx for the advice, but thats a bit outta my reach (okay, WAY out)

Does anyone else know a way to do this? ANY workaround is a good workaround.

thx,
irie

enforcer2k

06-20-2002, 04:49 AM

I'd say head over to http://www.lwhub.com and make a post there directed at REN, he's works b/w Maya and Lightwave and would be able to give you clear pointers on what's possible and not so possible :).

AlohaShirt

06-20-2002, 05:56 AM

3d Explore works great for me.
http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/3dexplore/

only mesh export

wedge

06-20-2002, 07:29 AM

try 3DWin

converts etween all major formats with a simple GUI, doesn't show mesh, so its speedy.

http://www.tb-software.com/

and its FREE.

steveblake

06-20-2002, 02:03 PM

these any help??

http://www.aubert.ca/maya/
http://www.thebeaverproject.com/
http://3danim.cjb.net/

Irie

06-20-2002, 03:07 PM

Thanks to all of you! Now i have some good options to explore.

i owe you big time,
irie

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