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baby

08-31-2002, 08:00 PM

is there a way to convert a max poly 3D file to maya without losing the my polys.

I tried once with deep exploration and it gave me a nice triangle faces object under maya :(((

this time it will be animated and I would need also to convert morph expressions !!!

any goos idea ?!?

bclark

09-01-2002, 01:13 AM

Check out the free FBX plugins from www.kaydara.com

they should let you convert your mesh between the two.

or use .obj plugins for max, and use that, they work fine as well.

good luck,
Brad

baby

09-01-2002, 08:05 AM

I'll try this one...
looks pretty good

Nemises

09-02-2002, 11:56 PM

There is a free plugin on teh alias-wavefront site that adds support for the .3ds object type in Maya.
The converstion comes out very very well , but doesnt yet support animation.

baby

09-03-2002, 07:12 AM

yes .3ds => maya is an easy convertion...

but .3ds are not max files !!! they are old dos 3dstudio files...

so a lot of parameters are not compatibles...starting by the fact it will be converted to mesh instead of poly...

baby

09-04-2002, 07:49 PM

same message than graf orlok from Maya forum

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luv U !!!

kaydara does it perfectly keeping the poly !!!! (that's not what they say in the doc !!!)

very cool !!!!

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