Anyone tried this 3dsmax to Blender addon?

melviso

https://80.lv/articles/blender-3ds-max-connector/

Does this work with all materials, textures and uv maps structure in tact? I am thinking of trying it but wanted to get other people's experiences with it on a professional level. Will appreciate anyone's opinion on using it.
Also noticed it is located on github, does this mean it is free?

Eric Chadwick

Give it a try and let us know! There's a good comment there about functionality, she seems to know what she's talking about. But trying it yourself is always the best first step, in my opinion.

gnoop

I tried pretty a while ago and got an impression it's basically just fbx import/export  with quick one button approach.   Same issues with materials as with regular fbx

melviso

@gnoop Thanks for the info. I was suspecting that was the case. We really need some sort of universal material format to make transfer between 3d applications easier.

Eric Chadwick

MaterialX looks to be the upcoming method for material transfer between apps. https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/thebuzz/open-source-at-autodesk-materialx/