RE: Maya camera and scene to XSI (Is the FBX addon broken?)

["Kim Aldis" <XSI(at)kim-aldis.co.uk>]

I’ve managed to get FBX into 6 with this plugin. But I do recall that hanging is a regular feature in both XSI and Maya when importing fbx.

 

From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: 16 January 2007 18:16
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Maya camera and scene to XSI (Is the FBX addon broken?)

 

I don't have access to Maya here unfortunately. I tried the v6 FBX plug-in and can't seem to get it working right. I can get it to install and then import my FBX file. It gets most of the way through and then hangs on the import. If I cancel, the camera and some geometry are there but not the animation. Also, when I restart XSI, the plug-in is not there. I have to reinstall after every restart. I was able to import the FBX into XSI 5.11 though and it seems to be working fine. I'll keep the list posted on my progress...

On 1/16/07, Stephen Blair < Stephen_Blair(at)softimage.com> wrote:

 

Those links are for an "early access" version of the plug-in that you can download and use "as is".

No new functionality is included. The plugin is a recompiled version of the 5.0 FBX plug-in.

 

If you have any feedback or comments, please send them to support(at)softimage.com.

 

ftp.softimage.com//outgoing/Pioneer/FBXPlugin/fbx200612_xsi60_win32_enu.zip

 

ftp.softimage.com//outgoing/Pioneer/FBXPlugin/fbx200612_xsi60_win64_enu.zip

 

*We are working on building a Linux version of the FBX plug-in.

 

** The FBX import and export commands are on the File > Crosswalk menu.

 

 

// Steve
// Technical Support Specialist
// Softimage XSI
// http://softimage.wiki.avid.com/index.php/Category:Support

 

 

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Jeremy Kenisky
Sent: Tue 16 January 2007 11:38 AM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Maya camera and scene to XSI (Is the FBX addon broken?)

I don't think the FBX plugin for 5 works for 6.  You will probably have to download the new one.

 

ftp.softimage.com//outgoing/Pioneer/FBXPlugin/fbx200612_xsi60_win32_enu.zip

ftp.softimage.com//outgoing/Pioneer/FBXPlugin/fbx200612_xsi60_win64_enu.zip

 

Softimage sent us these links when we were having similar problems with the plugin.  These updated plugins worked for us in 6.  Good luck.

----- Original Message -----

From: Byron Nash

To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:52 AM

Subject: Maya camera and scene to XSI (Is the FBX addon broken?)

 

I have a job where a Maya artist(v7 on a Mac) needs to send me  his camera move and a little geometry. It looks like they don't have a dotXSI export plugin for Mac on the Softimage site, so we're looking at either Collada or FBX. I  tried to install the  FBX addon in XSI 6.0 but it never shows up in the menu.  Does the 5.0 addon not work in 6?  Would I be better sticking to Collada or would FBX be the best for this situation?

Thanks for any insight...

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Byron Nash
www.armoredsquirrel.com

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Byron Nash
www.armoredsquirrel.com