3dsMax scene to Maya - non triangulated ? Which format?

micropolius

I'm trying to import a car (made in Max) to Maya but I always end up with a triangulated mesh.

I've tried
-FBX with triangulation unchecked - still triangulated.
-3ds 
-obj 
I hear some people say it can't be done.  Can it be done? Is there a format that can do it?

Kevin Albers

I used to do this all the time, using obj format. This was with Max 2010, but I would assume you can still choose to export with faces converted to quads. I generally convert meshes to editable poly before the export.

huffer

You need to export a .fbx file, add an Edit Poly modifier on your object, don't collapse, and in export options make sure Triangulate is off (both in Max and Maya)

thomasp

obj definitely works. in max there should be a dropdown in the exporter window to let you choose between triangles, quads and polygons as the export format.
ok so i don't know any recent max releases but i don't imagine that the options have changed much since.

Spoon

You will get a triangulated result, if you have n-gons - to my knowledge.
We use the "send to maya" feature quite a lot at work. If the mesh is quads, it works. If there is an n-gon, it will triangulate the entire mesh.
We use an internally developed version of the "send to" feature, so im not sure if this applies to the default one.

micropolius

Thanks guys!  I had n-gons in my mesh and it triangulated the entire mesh.
I get it now. Thanks!

oglu

if your mesh is clean this should work with fbx... we do that all the time...