uv breakup when using .obj exporter in Max

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Im having some trouble when i export a mesh from Max to Maya. Everything was working fine before. I setup my uvs in Max (because i like some of the options) and then i collapse the stack. My uvs looks like this:



I load the obj file in Maya and i get this:



All my uv are breaking up, i never had any problem before, does anyone know how can it be fixed ?

thank you

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My exporter settings:



little note here: i tried every settings with smoothing.Grp on' or off'. Collapsed the mesh many times, copy instead of simetry. Nothing !!! made this mesh keep its uvs untouched.

MoP

Try putting the # Of Digits value up to 12 in the OBJ exporter settings.

rooster

isnt there also an alternative obj exporter for max? i forget what it's called but everyone seems to prefer it

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Putting the value of digit to 12 didn't changed anything. I swear it was working just fine before.

MoP

hmm weird ... but yeah as Rooster says, try Guruware's obj exporter http://www.guruware.at/main/index.html

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Oh nice, Mop the plugin works. I can preserve my uvs, but again i have no idea as why the max exporter stopped working. But now i have a super cool interface and some colors in the export box.

Thanks fellas

Keg

All the uv's are there. I found out this problem the hard way. Seems two of the uv coordinates get the same value. easiest is just to select triangles instead of quads in the exporter.

Funky Bunnies

ah I had this problem before when I was exporting to zb. If you export from an editable mesh instead of poly it seems to work - with quads too.

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hhmm, i don't know how did i ever changed the settings ? i never had any trouble with this before. I could export/import any model with its uvs intact.

I guess you need a flat tire once in a while to try and do something new.

Noren

Did you try to reset xform?
Perhaps set all vertices to w=0.