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JonnyNewo
10-16-2003, 01:39 AM
Is it possible to export a character, mesh only, into Maya?
I've heard of people using 3D Max to render and another program to model before.... So how is that possible? I have a character who is not rigged that I would like to open up in Maya. I have Maya 4.5 and 3D Max 5.1 available at the moment. Maybe this a dumb question, but if it's not then could somebody please help me out here?
thorn3d
10-16-2003, 01:53 AM
I'm guessing maya imports several formats like 3ds, obj, dxf.... collapse your stack and export in one of those formats.

thorn
Marsel Khadiyev
10-16-2003, 01:58 AM
Try to get the FBX (Filmbox) exporter. It does really a good job exporting/importing polymodels between many packages. It also preserves smoothing groups and u/v coords.
Ls3D
10-16-2003, 02:06 AM
Good to know, it has just come up for me too..

Hey before I give up my address to Kaydara do you know if the Max FBX I/O plugins are free?

Kaydara (http://www.kaydara.com/)

-Shea
www.Ls3D.com


:cool:
Marsel Khadiyev
10-16-2003, 02:12 AM
Not sure if its free, I use it at work and never checked.

I think I've read somewhere that the exporter is free for Max though.
Ls3D
10-16-2003, 02:24 AM
It does really a good job exporting/importing polymodels between many packages. It also preserves smoothing groups and u/v coords.

With all that I guess I will go ahead and give em the contact info to register.

Tnx,

-S
halo
10-16-2003, 02:38 AM
its free and works well :)
JonnyNewo
10-16-2003, 05:31 AM
Thanks for the tips guy! I found the program mentioned but for some reason Maya won't open up .fbx files. And 3D Max won't save my character as a .obj either. Any ideas what's wrong? Anybody? Or am I just a moron?
Shinova
10-16-2003, 05:47 AM
Go download BonusTools from Alias's website. Among the features in there is a 3ds Max importer plugin. That might help.
JonnyNewo
10-16-2003, 06:24 AM
I checked the Alias's website and found the bonus tools you mentioned.... but it looks like you have to have a Customer Location Code, which you would only have if you bought Maya. I'm a student, so I'm not the owner of this program and I don't know the Customer Location Code....bummer....
Wardile
10-16-2003, 07:00 AM
Get crossroads.

Its a file converter for max, maya lightwave and a bunch of other stuff.

ANd its free
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