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Maya is a beast...and it ate my homework

Discussion in 'Fan Films, Fan Audio & SciFi 3D' started by tekmaster, Sep 9, 2003.

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  1. tekmaster

    tekmaster Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Ok, sorry for the title, had to make it look saucy. I need to know if there is a program that will tranlate .3DS to something that Maya can read i.e .OBJ. I have tried the plugins on the Alias-wavefront website and Maya keeps rejecting them or shuting it self down when I try to import a .3DS model. I have heard of Polytrans and I would like to know if anybody uses it and if it works well.

    Toodles!!!
     
    tekmaster, Sep 9, 2003
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    scudknight Jedi Youngling star 3

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    I've read in the Sci-Fi 3d forum that a program called Deep Exploration 2.0 may be able to convert it for you. Give the progie a search.
     
    scudknight, Sep 9, 2003
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  3. malducin

    malducin Jedi Padawan star 4

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    For one thing you can download a demo of Polytrans and try it very quickly. It should be able to do it very easily.

    Second what Maya are you using. If you are using PLE that's your problem. PLE has plugin support disabled.
     
    malducin, Sep 9, 2003
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  4. tekmaster

    tekmaster Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Actually I have tried Deep Exploration and it worked fine. I just need something that might be freeware if possible. I am using Maya 4.5 .
     
    tekmaster, Sep 9, 2003
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