maya to max? Thread

Any suggestions on how to export maya files to 3D studio max? thanks!!!

maya plugins my friend, plugins,

^what he said^

i've searched all day for .3ds plugins and was unsucessful ... any suggestions or links? much appreciated!

Maya to max.. aint maya suposed to be better ??? oh yeah to export soz.

I'm not entirely sure how Maya works with objects and scenes, but I'll assume you're trying to export just a model. I'm fairly surely Maya can export a 3DS file, in fact I'm almost positive. If you're really stuck, you could always use Kaydara's FBX interchange format, as a "wrapper" at both ends.

- Edited By Vyse On Wed 17th, Sep 2003 @ 9:38:23am

Motion Builder rulez i have a first year trial but aint usin it for the mod because of constant renamin takes ages

..still working on this here no luck finding a .3ds plugin. I installed the fbx plugin but "motion builder might not handle my fbx file properly". I get this error message along with a few othters regading "negative scale".... what's the deal? (thanks for your help, by the way!!)

StuffMasters wrote: Motion Builder rulez i have a first year trial but aint usin it for the mod because of constant renamin takes ages

Yes, Motion Builder is really quite nice. The bone naming conventions aren't that difficult to stick to, if the structure conforms to one of the character rigs. However I can't run it on Windows 98, so don't have the luxury.

erock wrote: ..still working on this here no luck finding a .3ds plugin. I installed the fbx plugin but "motion builder might not handle my fbx file properly". I get this error message along with a few othters regading "negative scale".... what's the deal? (thanks for your help, by the way!!)

That might be because the model you are trying to export is below the baseline: 0 on the Y axis. Or maybe you're working with Z-up co-ordinates? Maybe you could post a screenshot? The Filmbox format was actually developed with Motionbuilder in mind, however has branched out into a conversion platform. It's becoming a bit of a standard.

I'm sure you'll find a 3DS exporter on the Alias site (they've dropped the Wavefront monicker now). However it's not the most well documented thing you'll ever come accross, they have a plugin section, but there is no description to tell us what each one does. Many don't contain a readme either!

- Edited By Vyse On Wed 17th, Sep 2003 @ 5:21:30pm

dammit,
/me pissed me no havy 3ds max

Vyse im on about HL rig that means i have to model in max use bones then rename to MB names put to MB then export back into max then rename to bip01 blah etc .. this is quite a hassle for somethin you can do in Max by itself with a lot more ease

erock .. i have a great program that may be of use its Right Hemisperes Deep Exploration its greaqt for browsing through 3D stuff and its greatest feature is its exporting u can change a load of file formats includingf .max files into x files (no aliens ) and also into 3ds files if not many more ..

Hope thats some hwelp

What you could do, is export to the Maya format (Isn't it *.OBJ?). Open with a free modeler ( Anim8or.com should do this fine ), and export it into *.3DS there. I don't use Max or Maya though, so its only a guess.

maya aint .OBJ but u can export to that ..