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Learn about the portability of different file types and how you can quickly transfer data between 3ds Max and applications like ZBrush or Unity.
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Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
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Transcript
00:03
Let's finish up by talking a little bit about how well three
00:06
Ds max integrates with other applications that may be in your pipeline.
00:10
So in terms of other DC C applications,
00:13
you're going to be able to move assets between those pretty easily.
00:17
So if we come up to file,
00:19
you can see we have import and export.
00:21
If we go into import, for instance,
00:24
come down to file types,
00:25
you can get a kind of an idea of how many
00:28
file types you're able to bring into three Ds max.
00:31
So you've got sketch up files,
00:33
rev files,
00:34
a lot of file formats relating to kind of architectural viz and things like that.
00:38
If you're working in media,
00:39
you can also bring things in with O B J that's very universal
00:43
or F B X also very universal across DC C applications. We can also bring in Olympic
00:48
caches
00:48
or illustrator files as well.
00:50
So we have the opportunity to import and
00:53
export lots of different file formats between applications.
00:56
In addition,
00:57
we can go up to file,
00:58
we can come down to send two and this will
00:60
provide a quicker way to send geometry from three Ds ma
01:02
to other applications like Maya motion builder and Mud Box.
01:06
Now, I do believe that they have to be the same
01:08
uh version and we're in 2021 right now. So that's why these are grayed out.
01:12
But this will let you send an object as a new scene or update it.
01:15
If it's already, you already have a connection to that application
01:19
or you can add it,
01:20
we can also get our objects into a game engine like unity. So we could just go to export
01:26
and export our model as an F B X and place it manually. That will certainly work.
01:32
We also, if we come in here,
01:33
we have a game exporter which will give you a lot more options.
01:36
If you're exporting
01:37
to something like unity, you can choose uh smoothing groups,
01:40
you can triangulate your mesh and,
01:42
and deal with the tangents and bin normals.
01:45
You can,
01:45
you know a lot of the F B X options
01:47
are in here including cameras and animation at lights,
01:49
embedding media.
01:51
You also can look at your animation clips if you have some of those and
01:55
how to export those.
01:56
So this will kind of consolidate everything and give you some more options.
01:59
So here uh I've gone in and just selected my path as a unity project in the F B X folder
02:06
and just gave it a name
02:08
and we can go ahead and export that.
02:10
And then if we jump into unity
02:11
you'll be able to import your model very quickly from your F B X folder
02:15
and then you can RELIK your textures and get
02:17
it all set up inside of unity very quickly.
02:20
Again, if you want to just export as an F B,
02:22
you can do that as well. In addition, ZB brush has a goy
02:25
functionality that will allow you
02:27
to move objects back and forth between ZB brush and three Ds
02:31
max And that you can install from your ZB brush installation.
02:34
Also, there's a plug in that you can use Houdini with three Ds Mac.
02:37
So you can create digital assets in Houdini,
02:40
export those and bring them into three Ds Macs using Houdini engine.
02:43
So whether you're working in media and entertainment
02:45
or architectural visualization or maybe product design,
02:49
three Ds Max is going to offer a lot of tools
02:52
and workflows that will make your life a lot easier.
Video transcript
00:03
Let's finish up by talking a little bit about how well three
00:06
Ds max integrates with other applications that may be in your pipeline.
00:10
So in terms of other DC C applications,
00:13
you're going to be able to move assets between those pretty easily.
00:17
So if we come up to file,
00:19
you can see we have import and export.
00:21
If we go into import, for instance,
00:24
come down to file types,
00:25
you can get a kind of an idea of how many
00:28
file types you're able to bring into three Ds max.
00:31
So you've got sketch up files,
00:33
rev files,
00:34
a lot of file formats relating to kind of architectural viz and things like that.
00:38
If you're working in media,
00:39
you can also bring things in with O B J that's very universal
00:43
or F B X also very universal across DC C applications. We can also bring in Olympic
00:48
caches
00:48
or illustrator files as well.
00:50
So we have the opportunity to import and
00:53
export lots of different file formats between applications.
00:56
In addition,
00:57
we can go up to file,
00:58
we can come down to send two and this will
00:60
provide a quicker way to send geometry from three Ds ma
01:02
to other applications like Maya motion builder and Mud Box.
01:06
Now, I do believe that they have to be the same
01:08
uh version and we're in 2021 right now. So that's why these are grayed out.
01:12
But this will let you send an object as a new scene or update it.
01:15
If it's already, you already have a connection to that application
01:19
or you can add it,
01:20
we can also get our objects into a game engine like unity. So we could just go to export
01:26
and export our model as an F B X and place it manually. That will certainly work.
01:32
We also, if we come in here,
01:33
we have a game exporter which will give you a lot more options.
01:36
If you're exporting
01:37
to something like unity, you can choose uh smoothing groups,
01:40
you can triangulate your mesh and,
01:42
and deal with the tangents and bin normals.
01:45
You can,
01:45
you know a lot of the F B X options
01:47
are in here including cameras and animation at lights,
01:49
embedding media.
01:51
You also can look at your animation clips if you have some of those and
01:55
how to export those.
01:56
So this will kind of consolidate everything and give you some more options.
01:59
So here uh I've gone in and just selected my path as a unity project in the F B X folder
02:06
and just gave it a name
02:08
and we can go ahead and export that.
02:10
And then if we jump into unity
02:11
you'll be able to import your model very quickly from your F B X folder
02:15
and then you can RELIK your textures and get
02:17
it all set up inside of unity very quickly.
02:20
Again, if you want to just export as an F B,
02:22
you can do that as well. In addition, ZB brush has a goy
02:25
functionality that will allow you
02:27
to move objects back and forth between ZB brush and three Ds
02:31
max And that you can install from your ZB brush installation.
02:34
Also, there's a plug in that you can use Houdini with three Ds Mac.
02:37
So you can create digital assets in Houdini,
02:40
export those and bring them into three Ds Macs using Houdini engine.
02:43
So whether you're working in media and entertainment
02:45
or architectural visualization or maybe product design,
02:49
three Ds Max is going to offer a lot of tools
02:52
and workflows that will make your life a lot easier.
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