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exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

mitviz — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:39:21 GMT

is there a way to do this?

Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 23:42:13 GMT

The problem is that the physical camera didn't exist in 2015, it was introduced in 2016. I was able to find this thread here which has a workaround by copying keys and controllers onto a standard camera, but to the best of my knowledge what you are asking here isn't possible. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

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Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:22:46 GMT

Hello @mitviz,

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

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Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

mitviz — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 23:08:55 GMT

well not really, what i started to do was just try to match up the previous views using the settings from the 2016 or 2017 file, it takes maybe a minute or less to try to match things up, doesnt need to be precise for visualisations so i guess for now that is my workaround

Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:00:59 GMT

If the camera isn't animated I can offer another suggestion. If you look through the physical camera and then press P, it'll turn your view into a perspective view that matches your camera settings. Then if you select a standard camera and press Control C, it'll make that camera match your current viewport settings, effectively copying the settings from one to the next. If you do this with Autokey on, you can copy all the frames in just a few seconds/minutes. Is that helpful?

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Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 23:29:59 GMT

Hello @mitviz,

Did my previous suggestion help here? Works pretty well on my end but I wanted to confirm. Thanks!

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Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

mitviz — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:46:14 GMT

sorry for the late reply, actually not yet, i saved the screen shot of your instructions to try it on a project tomorrow

Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:48:50 GMT

No problem @mitviz, I didn't mean to pressure you. I just wanted to make sure you were all set. Take a long as you need, I'll be here if you need me.

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Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

mitviz — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:52:23 GMT

your really kool, thanks alot! sometimes between projects i forget to sit and read everything so i save screen captures to a folder i have to read later and reply:) weired but its hot i keep track

Re: exporting max 2017 physical camera to 2015

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 01:14:01 GMT

No worries at all @mitviz, thanks for the kind words! I'm glad that worked for you!

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