max files -> maya

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is it possible? if so how and with what plugins and so on. Im sure its been asked before (probably even by me...) but i couldnt find anything.

Submitted by Me109 on Mon, 15/11/04 - 11:53 PMPermalink

www.kaydara.com

grab the filmbox exporters from the downloads section....
maya 6 already has them built in and you need to turn them on in the plugins menu
so grab the max plugins for what ever version your running...

cheers

Submitted by MoonUnit on Tue, 16/11/04 - 2:29 AMPermalink

o..kaaay well i managed to get a exe which appears to do absolutely nothing and theres links for a plugin which only seems to have a Max 6 option...
btw is this going to allow me to import max files?

Submitted by Me109 on Tue, 16/11/04 - 7:35 AMPermalink

hehe... theres no way of importing max files directly into maya... you have to export your existing scenes into a new format... ie.. *.fbx
which is a basically a go between for the two programs.... thats about it really... fbx will export most things.. meshes materials and animations..

Submitted by MoonUnit on Tue, 16/11/04 - 8:02 AMPermalink

yeah i fiddled around a bit and ive gotten things working smoothly, thanks a lot