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I try to test my code as thoroughly as possible but the odd bug does slip through the net.

Convert from left handed co-ordinate space вЂ“ вЂњStand upвЂќ a model that was exported from another 3D app such as Maya.ДЄs this plug-in is currently a work in progress itвЂ™s likely that on occasion it wonвЂ™t work 100% as expected.

Reverse animation вЂ“ Reverse the animation on import.

Import first frame only вЂ“ Only read in the first animation frame from an SMD and use it as the reference frame.

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Skin mesh to bones вЂ“ Attach the mesh to the skeleton using a Skin modifier and the vertex weights from the file.

Use dummy for end bones вЂ“ Replace bones at the end of chains with dummy objects.

Use dummy for orphan bones вЂ“ Replace bones with no parent or child bones with dummy objects.

Import bones вЂ“ Import the skeleton from the file.

Import materials вЂ“ Create a material for the mesh and assign face IDвЂ™s.

Rebuild smoothing normals вЂ“ Smooth the model using vertex normal smoothing.

Import mesh вЂ“ Import meshes from the file.

The following options are available when importing a model: In most cases leave these two options unchecked and press OK. You can use these to speed up reading of the SMD file if itвЂ™s large and you only want certain information. When you first start the importer, youвЂ™ll a small pre-parse dialog with two options to skip the mesh or the animation. dli file from that folder to you 3DS Max plug-ins folder and restart 3DS Max.

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Unless Autodesk is willing to open the MAX format to developers, which I don't think will happen anytime soon.Unzip the archive and find the folder for version of 3DS Max you are using and OS type (32 or 64 bit). Will we ever be able to import MAX files directly to Blender without the need of 3ds max? Probably never.

In the next weeks, I will get a few tests with the script and post a more detailed review. That alone could save a lot of time for people with old 3d scenes or models in MAX. They claim to also convert materials, even from V-Ray to Cycles. What is the difference between getting an OBJ or FBX file? The main point of the script is the material conversion. In 3ds max, you will export the scene and import that later in Blender. You still need 3ds max installed to use the exporter.

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How does that work? They will provide you with a script to install on both 3ds max and Blender. The tool is not free and will require you a fee to install.

With the MAXtoBlender promises to make a smooth transition from MAX to Blender. A company from Argentina called 3DToAll just released a tool to export 3d models from 3ds max to Blender. I came across a tool that might help to solve that problem. All models will need new materials to render in Cycles. The OBJ exporter in 3ds max even has a Blender profile to maximize compatibility.ДЄs a downside from the process, you will most likely lose all settings related to materials. You just have to export those files from 3ds max. A common way to get 3d models out of 3ds max and import them to Blender is with an intermediate file like OBJ or FBX. In case you don't know the MAX format is a proprietary and closed format that 3ds max adopts to save their files.

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How to import your old projects in MAX format to Blender? Having V-Ray working with Blender is a powerful combination for people leaving 3ds max behind.Д«ut, you still have one problem to solve. A lot of those unhappy artists are adopting Blender as their tool to create an architectural visualization.ДЄmong the benefits you can still get renderers like V-Ray to work with Blender and since a significant amount of people uses V-Ray to create architectural images in 3ds max. In the past few years, some of the changes imposed by Autodesk to the licensing and pricing model of software 3ds max caused an exodus of 3d artists to other platforms. Update: Here is an updated article that shows how to use only free resources to convert max files without 3ds Max.

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