Export Question.

[thomas smith]

Hey Adam, got a question. What are the capabilities for exporting maya files out to Softimage XSI. And will only geometry be exported or does it have the capability to carry over the textures?

thanks for the help

Thomas Smith

[Professor Watkins]

No, they don't play really well together. I haven't done a whole lot with them, but its fairly unlikely that you can get anything to transfer reliably other than geometry.

There are some programs (FBX (actually a file format), Deep Exploration, and PolyTrans that might do it). But shaders are a tricky thing are are usually tied fairly close to the renderer; so textures don't transfer well betweeen programs.