Maya 8.5 to Maya 2018?

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone 😄

I used Maya back in 2005 and since then I haven't touched it much until now. 12 years later, I'm back into 3D as I missed it and looking forward to getting back. I used to model on Maya 8.5 and I dug up my old models to print some using a 3D printer. Sadly when I open them in 2018, they are turning out to be blank. 😞 They were modelled on  Maya 8.5.

Anyone ever had this problem? 

Thanks so mucho.

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous and welcome to the community!

Your best bet would be to try exporting the models as an FBX or OBJ from Maya 8.5 (if you still have it) and then open it in 2018.

If all you have is the scene file then you may not be able to open it due to compatibility issues with the 10 years of changes that have occurred with Maya since 8.5

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous

Just wanted to check in to see how things were going. Are you still having this issue?

If your issue is resolved, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately I tried a number of stuff with no positive results. I don't have access to Maya 8.5 nowadays so kinda hard darn. hmm

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot for checking-in. Do you happen to have a 8.5 trial maybe from the archives? Just enough to try maybe.

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous

Sadly no I have no way of giving out that old a version of Maya.

[Anonymous]

No worries 😄 Wishful thinking haha. Until then, I might just re-model my models 😄 good practice after all these years 😄

Thanks so mucho for trying to help 😄

[elvis75k]

try this: open maya 2018 then drag the 8.5 file in the viewport. Let me know if it works 🙂

[Anonymous]

I tried that too, turns out blank 😞

[RPYTHON]

1. Install Maya 2008

2. Open your scenes in Maya 2008 and save

3. Install Maya 2010.

4. Open your scenes and save

....

10. Install Maya 2016

11. Open your scenes and save

12. Open your scenes in Maya 2018

[abercaine]

first is your file a maya .mb or .ma ?

Cause if it's an .ma you should be able to extract the data.