Max 9 and Collada frustration
by David Chan · in Artist Corner · 07/07/2009 (10:16 am) · 6 replies
Has anyone else encountered this? When I export a piece of geometry from Max 9 using the Collada/FBX exporter from Autodesk the first time I can get a proper .dae file by typing the name manually, but after that it will only export .fbx files. You have to close and re-open Max to get it to export another .dae file.
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#2
07/07/2009 (12:06 pm)
Thanks for the feedback Kenneth. We do plan to upgrade to 2010 soon, but it's a whole studio here so the cost is a factor.
#3
07/07/2009 (12:07 pm)
One more thing I've noticed. This is with the Autodesk and ColladaMAX plug-ins. When I try to export selected pieces it always exports the entire scene. 
#4
07/07/2009 (5:48 pm)
Make certain that you are using the latest Filmbox release (usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=6837478&siteID=123112) as this will fixup some of the import/export problems that were occuring in past releases. 
#5
-Crayfish
07/08/2009 (5:04 am)
David - I am using Max 9 at work as well and I had the same issue you are having. Rather than use the Autodesk plug-in, I am using Feeling Software's ColladaMax NextGen v0.9.5.447 plug-in and have had no problems. You should be able to find it on www.maxplugins.de/ just select your version (64/32) and search for the keyword 'collada.'-Crayfish
#6
07/08/2009 (7:57 am)
Thanks Ryan, I tried that and it did indeed solve the problem. Actually I lied. It fixed the problem of not being able to export more than once, but it still exports the entire scene instead of just selected meshes. 
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