MAYA EXPORTING (3ds ?)

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

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# 1 19-05-2003 , 06:26 PM

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Hey everybody! I'm trying to get into doing a few projects for games. Good ol mike showed me a great site www.polycount.com
and there are lots of projects requiring all sorts of different types of artists.

ANYWAY I need to be able to export to formats like .3ds and .dxf, or even .lwo

The only exporter i've found is the .obj

id like to make it clear that i need the .3ds EXPORT cause AW.com has the 3ds IMPORT and that has been confusing.

ANYONE KNOW??

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# 2 19-05-2003 , 10:48 PM

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you should be allowed to export DXF and IGES files.

make sure you have your plugins turned on for IGES support

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# 3 20-05-2003 , 01:32 AM

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also, there is an obj IMPORTER for Max.

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# 4 20-05-2003 , 03:11 AM

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okay thanx the dxf will do for now, but no one knows of a 3ds exporter? Its not just for max, as i understand alot of people can read 3ds, because it is so standard. Suprised more programs don't read .mb .........

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# 5 20-05-2003 , 05:15 PM

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there is no iges plugin in the plugin manager. Did you download it somewhere?

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# 6 21-05-2003 , 03:15 AM

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I'm using Maya 5 and it has that option available in the plugin manager.

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# 7 21-05-2003 , 03:50 PM

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oh i only have 4.5

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