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3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - Mehis - 03-27-2012
I know other people have experienced this issue, but I couldn't find the solution on the forums yet. So I made this thread.
I'm using 3ds Max 2012, build-in exporter. I've also tried to download it separately from here. http://opencollada.org/download.html
The build-in scales the model wrong and that downloadable one just doesn't let the model appear at all when loaded in model viewer.
RE: 3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - SilentStriker - 03-27-2012
It is actually a known issue without any solution right now.
RE: 3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - Mehis - 03-27-2012
So... what should I do to make my model to work?
RE: 3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - SilentStriker - 03-27-2012
Check so you are using meters when exporting and scale the models down in the model editor
RE: 3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - palistov - 03-27-2012
Not all models are intended to be entities. Sometimes they need to be static objects because of irregular shape -- a shape which would make creating a physics body from shapes painstaking.
I've remedied this issue by exporting to FBX format, importing into Maya, then using the OpenCOLLADA plugin for Maya 2011. Everything comes out to scale. But I still don't know how one might remove that intermediate step.
Until such a workaround is found, your only choices are to scale and rotate statics directly in the level editor, or use Maya as an intermediate to export with the proper scale and up-axis. The former is undesirable, since it makes it difficult to finely-tune the scale of your objects, but the latter is unconventional and might not be worth downloading and installing an entirely new program.
RE: 3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - Mehis - 03-27-2012
Since I'm using student version of these, does Maya 2012 work too?
I would like to have the latest version.
RE: 3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - SilentStriker - 03-27-2012
Maya 2012 does not work. OpenCollada haven't made a plugin for it yet. So you can't export dae files.
RE: 3ds Max Export Scaling Issue - Mehis - 03-27-2012
Thanks for your help guys!