topic Re: Direct Connect in 2017? in Maya Forum

Direct Connect in 2017?

emilp — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 02:17:00 GMT

The Maya 2017 Help says IGES export is possible using DC_EXPORT (Direct Connect).

In previous version this was activated by the directconnect.mll plugin. In my 2017 install there isn't one! Looked in the unpacked downloaded install folder but no sign!! What am I missing?

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:43:05 GMT

I'm also missing this. What happened to it? Are we supposed to install this from a standalone installer?

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

emilp — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:03:55 GMT

Please let me know if you find one!! I looked everywhere.

Autodesk! Why is it in the help docs but not in the application??

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Stephen.Blair — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:13:10 GMT

http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-955290A5-C27E-47AC-B930-A0430182EAA0

ATF support

This release of Maya supports Autodesk Translation Framework (ATF), which replaces DirectConnect for file import and export.

See Import files with Autodesk Translation Framework (ATF) and the section on Autodesk Translation Format (ATF) options in the Import Optionstopic for information on importing ATF files.

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

emilp — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:20:14 GMT

Thanks, but this does not export IGES only imports. How do we export now? I need nurbs so fbx is not an option.
By the way here is the list that I was looking at:

http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-864BD203-C437-4481-8BFC-3A6C1D2C824C

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

RaymondSVZJGF — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:20:21 GMT

Having the same issue except with DWG file export.. Website says is support but its missing.

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gasnikel — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:10:50 GMT

Igs is only available for import, indeed..such a mess... And what happened with dwg and dxf import/export? have they been removed? unveleveble . I m running maya for mac

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:12:19 GMT

Thanks Autodesk,

you have just broken my workflow.

I cannot import DWGs into Maya anymore.

I do this everyday, and need a workaround. I've tried exporting FBX from autocad to maya but it breaks my blocks into thousands of objects.....

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:10:26 GMT

Hi Stephen,

This is strange that the import options in maya 2017 shows up the ATF plugins, where as the export doesn't show the same. Is it a bug or there is an update we need to install to solve this issue. Maya 2013 helped me to export out .igs file for my last project, after a long struggle with 2017 and other trial and error.

So could you please throw light on this issue.

Thanks,

Chandra Sekhar

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

jyoung — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:01:27 GMT

DWG and DXF import is needed. Why was it removed? It's all autodesk not like its licensing.

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:12:55 GMT

stl export... we do 3d printing, ....

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

quirin.friedl — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:36:55 GMT

No reply from Autodesk?! Would be very very good to know if and when it's planned to get our precious nurbs exports back...

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:15:49 GMT

Hello,

Has anyone heard about any updates on this by chance?

-Leif

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

antoniobosi3d — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:30:09 GMT

Hi, we NEED to import DWG drawings inside Maya.

Everyone that works in the design/architecture field need it!

So what is going on? You must fix it... yesterday!

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

RaymondSVZJGF — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:36:51 GMT

I have found a brief work around but does can sometimes import funky..

If you export your drawing to an IGS file Maya can import that as curves.. in my brief experiments using this method I find some curves come in rough, but may help you.

Regardless of the IGS workaround DWG Import is a much needed feature and am not sure why it was removed.

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:50:36 GMT

I know it is very primitive as a technique but for now you could save your file as a .mb and then open it with maya 2016 and export as an iges from there. It worked for me. Nevertheless I hope we will hear from Autodesk soon.

Best,

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

benm3d — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:21:02 GMT

as dennis says,

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/can-t-load-direct-connect-in-maya-extension-2-sp2/td-p/6578271

basically: DC not compatible with licencing system used since Maya 2016 SP2, workaround is to run the older software, as ATF is not as good as DC

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:31:44 GMT

Haven't had time to try this yet, but here's Direct Connect for Maya 2017:

https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=2891749639718941708

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

jeremy.kaiser — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:28:23 GMT

Does anyone know when ATF will support importing Solidworks native files again? The igs method is not an acceptable workaround.

Re: Direct Connect in 2017?

jeremy.kaiser — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:29:47 GMT

That's awesome but it only works if you already have direct connect.