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Convert bitmap to tx file

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Anonymous
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Convert bitmap to tx file

Anonymous
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Hello,

hoping someone can help me out. I've tried following the instructions here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to... for converting bitmap into tx files, I've downloaded the .bat file and have saved it in the right folder but it doesn't show in my /sendto options for some reason. Anyone else encountered this?

Thankyou

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Convert bitmap to tx file

Hello,

hoping someone can help me out. I've tried following the instructions here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to... for converting bitmap into tx files, I've downloaded the .bat file and have saved it in the right folder but it doesn't show in my /sendto options for some reason. Anyone else encountered this?

Thankyou

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madsd
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Make sure that the path is correct.

You can edit the path in the .bat file.

"C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\MAXtoA_2021\maketx.exe"

This path needs to be right, so just change it.

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Make sure that the path is correct.

You can edit the path in the .bat file.

"C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\MAXtoA_2021\maketx.exe"

This path needs to be right, so just change it.

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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Hey madsd,

thanks for the quick reply. I have changed the path. As you see in the screen shot the path is per the instructions but it doesn't show in the sendto drop menu.

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Hey madsd,

thanks for the quick reply. I have changed the path. As you see in the screen shot the path is per the instructions but it doesn't show in the sendto drop menu.

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madsd
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Try check the attached images.
Verify that make.tx is located in the folder you refference in the .bat file.

 

I have no idea why it wont show up in the SENDTO quad menu, you can see it works here.

 

Could this be you are using administrator and different user folders? the sendto folder is user dependant, you could be adding it to the wrong user "sendto" folder.

Although, just typing "sendto" and enter will move you directly to the current user folder, so not so sure.

 

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Try check the attached images.
Verify that make.tx is located in the folder you refference in the .bat file.

 

I have no idea why it wont show up in the SENDTO quad menu, you can see it works here.

 

Could this be you are using administrator and different user folders? the sendto folder is user dependant, you could be adding it to the wrong user "sendto" folder.

Although, just typing "sendto" and enter will move you directly to the current user folder, so not so sure.

 

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Anonymous
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Ah yes, I tried the different user files, <username>/ default. no joy either way. Do you know if there is a way to run the conversion manually? The scene I have isn't so big to make this action too long. My real aim here is to minimise the rendering time.

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Ah yes, I tried the different user files, <username>/ default. no joy either way. Do you know if there is a way to run the conversion manually? The scene I have isn't so big to make this action too long. My real aim here is to minimise the rendering time.

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madsd
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I found the issue.

 

Your file is actually named  txConverter.bat.txt

I can see that windows thinks its a text file, looking at your screenshot in the type area.

So make a new document, and make sure you save it to

 

txConverter.bat

 

not

 

txConverter.bat.txt

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I found the issue.

 

Your file is actually named  txConverter.bat.txt

I can see that windows thinks its a text file, looking at your screenshot in the type area.

So make a new document, and make sure you save it to

 

txConverter.bat

 

not

 

txConverter.bat.txt

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Anonymous
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Ah perfect, it comes up in the quad menu now, thankyou!

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Ah perfect, it comes up in the quad menu now, thankyou!

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