Studio Max export default.
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Good Morning ( or afternoon, or night 
) to all my fellow polycounters!
Studio max has been pissing me off lately since I have to do a lot of obj exports out of it and everytime I do an export selected, it never remembers that I wanted to do an obj export and instead randomly selects one of those numerous formats that I do not need. So...
Is there a way to force it to always default to obj in export?
Or, is there a way to disable all the export formats that I will never use? ( that one is so easy to do in Maya, but I can't seem to find a way to do it anywhere in the preferences of max.)
I'm aware it's not a new quirk in studio max, and I've always lived with it, but I'm going crazy over here!
) to all my fellow polycounters!Studio max has been pissing me off lately since I have to do a lot of obj exports out of it and everytime I do an export selected, it never remembers that I wanted to do an obj export and instead randomly selects one of those numerous formats that I do not need. So...
Is there a way to force it to always default to obj in export?
Or, is there a way to disable all the export formats that I will never use? ( that one is so easy to do in Maya, but I can't seem to find a way to do it anywhere in the preferences of max.)
I'm aware it's not a new quirk in studio max, and I've always lived with it, but I'm going crazy over here!
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I don't know if you can desactivate all other formats. Maybe through the plug-in manager but that would be a bit risky.
The smartest way would probably to make a script that exports your objects based on selection sets.
And more specifically, this post: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=968973&postcount=87
I don't have Max installed atm, so I can't vouch for the effectiveness, but it still might be of some use. Cheers!
Mediochrea, that sounds interesting, but studio max at work is pretty antiquated ( max 7!) so can't use any of those sexy new tools. Thanks for the link though, it's definitely bookmarked for home use
I don't know how to change the default but I threw a little script together which exports the selected object to max's export directory as an obj. Filename is the object name.
Hope it Helps:
Download Here
If its of much use I'll put it on scriptspot, its on my dropbox public at the moment.
Stu
Amazing how much happens whilst you write a little script...
Also a check to ensure you have something selected.