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Monkeybot
05-19-2005, 05:30 PM
MAYA 6 to 5 conversion?
Ok, this is kinda urgent, I have to do a test by Monday, the maya.mb file is 6 and I have maya 5 at home so I can't open the scene, I already tried the mayafileconvert from highend 3D...does anyone know how to convert a file from maya 6 to maya 5 and/or can help me by taking the file into your maya 6 and sending it to me in maya 5. please please!!
davijin
05-19-2005, 07:50 PM
save the file in maya 6 as a .ma open it up in notepad and change where it says "maya 6" to "maya 5" just make sure you havent used any Maya 6 only features like Hair or maya 6 only plugins cuz that will probably mess it up. If ya dont have any maya 6 only features in the scene then just changing it in notepad should work.
itsallgoode9
05-19-2005, 09:50 PM
do like the previous post. I found the best way to do it is to actually save a blank file as a .ma in your version 5 and then open both the .ma files so that you can compare the differences between the two and then change the areas in you ver. 6 as needed. I've noticed that sometimes there are different changes that need to be made depending on the type of liscence and the computer. So there may be a bit more than just changing the version number.
Monkeybot
05-20-2005, 12:04 AM
Thanks to both of you. This worked perfect! :thumbsup:
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