Skinning Conversion Tool

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

In 3DS Max 2010 there was a utility that allowed a mesh with a physique modifier to be converted to skin while keeping all the weights/animations intact. It was the Skinning Conversion Tool and it doesn't exist in the 2012 version. Does anyone know if the does actually does exist or where I can find it?

[paulneale]

I haven't looked at that tool since about max four. If it is in 2010 then save your file back from 2012 to 2010, convert to the skin modifier. When you reopen the file in 2012 if there are any issues from porting it back to 2010 then you can just save the skin weights and add the son modifier in the original 2012 file and load the weights.

[spacefrog_]

Physique2Skin always was an external plugin, which one had to download from Autodesk and not distributed with Max. Since a few Max versions David Baker from maxplugin.de took the burden to recompile it to new versions ...

here is the Max 2012 recompile to download

http://www.maxplugins.de/r2012_files/autodesk/phy2skin_Max2012.zip

and of course:
BIG thanks go to David Baker 😉

[Anonymous]

@Pen
- Thanks much for that tip, I didn't even realize you could downsave but now i know!

@spacefrog
- I managed to install the plug in and I appreciate you telling me about it. Should save me from anymore headaches now.

[Steve_Curley]

Please note that the forum rules forbid the creation of multiple threads on the same topic. As this one has replies, the one in the Game Development Forum has been removed.

[tina1971]

I see the 2012 version is posted but does anyone know where I could find the 2011 version ....
thank you ever so much

[spacefrog_]

http://www.maxplugins.de/r2010_files/autodesk/phy2skin.zip

Max 2010 Plugins are compatbile with Max 2011 ( with some exceptions )

In general, it's worth a million knowing David Bakers site
http://www.maxplugins.de/

It contains almost all of the freeware plugins for all Max versions

[tina1971]

Thank you ever so much ....your awesome !!!! and thank you for your quick response!!!
Blessings and Hugs
T