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Convert Mod Tool stuff to Foundations? Possible?

Last post 04-29-2008 9:37 AM by Alexandre Jean Claude. 2 replies.
  • 04-27-2008 4:29 AM

    Convert Mod Tool stuff to Foundations? Possible?

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    I can't seem to find an easy way to get a rigged character from Mod Tool into the Foundations 30 day trial.  Is it possible?  It seems Mod Tool uses .exp for its scene files, but Foundations uses .scn  Am I thinking wrong here, or will I have to re-rig my models when I buy Foundations?

    Thanks.
  • 04-27-2008 2:37 PM In reply to

    Re: Convert Mod Tool stuff to Foundations? Possible?

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    Can you use COLLADA to go from one to the other? (.DAE extension)

    I know that, in the past, the free versions of various content creation tools have purposefully been crippled, so that you can't use them with the higher-cost tools, to avoid studios buying one or two copies of the expensive tool, and then using the free tool for most of the work...

    Jon Watte, Direct3D MVP kW X-port 3ds Max .X exporter kW Animation source code
  • 04-29-2008 9:37 AM In reply to

    Re: Convert Mod Tool stuff to Foundations? Possible?

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    Using Crosswalk (working in both Modtool and XSI) is not crippled with the exception of the 64k triangles/mesh. Skinning, bones, IK and animation are all nicely preserved. However, constraints and expressions are not. It should not take long to rebuild them though and you could probably use a script to create custom data so you can carry these around.

     

     

    Alexandre Jean Claude
    Softimage/AVID
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