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Converting a 3ds max vray scene to Maya vray

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2017 04:48:40 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to convert my 3ds max vray scene so that I can open it up in maya and render it with maya vray. I right click in my viewport and select Vray Scene Converter and it asks me some questions about conversion and when I click convert, the dialog box closes and nothing happens. How do I load up the scene in Maya?

Thankyou

Re: Converting a 3ds max vray scene to Maya vray

rendermaster — Thu, 11 May 2017 08:36:57 GMT

- you cannot directly open 3ds max file on Maya.

- the vray scene converter included in vray was not for file or object extension converter. its for converting materials and lights from other 3ds max render engine ( scanline mental ray, corona, etch) to become vray compatible

- for your work around, try to inspect all file/object extension maya can import, then on 3ds max, export the object which Maya can import

check here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/Maya/files/GUID-69BC066D-D4D8-4B12-900C-CF42E798A5D6-htm.html

Re: Converting a 3ds max vray scene to Maya vray

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:15:37 GMT

Hello @Anonymous and welcome to the community,

Did you resolve this issue? In addition to the helpful post by @rendermaster I wanted to add that you can use the "Send To" functionality to send scenes between 3ds Max and Maya. Vray materials won't make the transition, but Chaosgroup has created something called .vrscene which can move materials between those two apps. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Re: Converting a 3ds max vray scene to Maya vray

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:04:59 GMT

Hello @Anonymous,

I just wanted to follow up here, any progress on this issue?

Best Regards,