Exporting Maya to 3Ds

[iceangel89]

I have created a maya scene file complete with mental ray etc. (thanks for the wonderful training dt provides :cool: ) and wonder if i can export it as a 3ds max file a classmate wants. Will the textures etc get exported correctly? and if i set some settings like final gather, global illumination etc. will he, in 3ds see & render it correctly?

[brandeil]

the new Max might import the whole thing otherwise u will have to export using .obj

[Jak_Carver]

try using .fbx

[iceangel89]

I have a problem i don't see that i can save as or export as .obj or .fbx, i am using maya 8. i only see maya ascii, maya binary and mental ray. Sorry, but i am still a beginner. Anyway thanks.

[laxman]

go to window->setting/pref/plugin manager

turn on fbxmaya.mll and objExport.mll

[iceangel89]

Thanks for the great community here. I've exported the files, hope the classmate who wants the file can open it. Thanks :dance:

[danlefeb]

If he has a newer version of Max, you'll be fine. For future reference, Autodesk has a free FBX conversion utility on their site so if you wanted to you could take that FBX and convert it directly to a .3ds file.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6839916