Max or Maya?

[Anton]

Well here's my scenario, I have about 100 OBJ's. I need to import them all into a single file. Max when importing OBJ's messes up the faces and flips them randomly. Maya imports them fine but It's taking to long since I have to import them all by hand.. Is there anyway that I can fix max from doing that? Or atleast get Maya to import them all at one?

[DaneO'Roo]

In maya just select all the objects and combine them.


Also, Maya ftw.

[Anton]

I mean, I'm trying to import all the .OBJ's into maya at once instead of individual selection>Import.

[Con]

I can modify an MEL script I have to batch import into Maya, h/o

Can you tell me what these files are named?

[Anton]

That would be AWESOME. Thanks ;]

[supersniper]

That would probably help him a lot.

EDIT: Ha he beat me to the post. Only by one minute!

[Con]

What are the names of the files?

[Anton]

bsp_01[0] (Goes from 0 to 25)

bsp_01-Permutation[0] (Goes from 0 to 85)

bsp_01-Unknown[10] (This one has random numbers in place of the ten there.. theres alot of them though.. but these won't import anyway..)

[Con]

brb, will finish when done dinner (lol owned)

[Anton]

Lol, I don't mind, if your willing to help then I'm grateful your spending time helping me.

[Con]

First step, make a folder in your C drive called "import" and put all the .obj files you want to import inside that folder.

bsp_01[0] (Goes from 0 to 25)

bsp_01-Permutation[0] (Goes from 0 to 85)

For these ones, open Maya and go into window/general editors/script editor
paste in the following code:

for($i=0;$i<=25;$i++)
{
$name="C:/import/bsp_01[" + $i + "].obj";
file -import -type "OBJ" -namespace "oo" -options "mo=1" -pr $name;
}

int $i;
for($i=0;$i<=85;$i++)
{
$name="C:/import/bsp_01-Permutation[" + $i + "].obj";
file -import -type "OBJ" -namespace "oo" -options "mo=1" -pr $name;
}Under the scipt menu of the script editor, click Execute. This should import the first two groups of files.



bsp_01-Unknown[10] (This one has random numbers in place of the ten there.. theres alot of them though.. but these won't import anyway..)
For these randomly numbered files, you say they won't import in the first place, at least try this:

Select all of these randomly numbered ones (make sure they're in the import folder you created) then right click and rename with the group selected. Type in "file" (no capitals). It will name all but one of them "file (#)". For the one that is just named "file" without a number after it, add a "(1)" so it matches the others. Then, run this script and see if it works:

note: this can also be used as a plan B for the first two groups if the other script doesn't work for you for some reason.

int $i;
for($i=1;$i<=300;$i++)
{
$name="C:/import/file (" + $i + ").obj";
file -import -type "OBJ" -namespace "oo" -options "mo=1" -pr $name;
}

[Anton]

AHH THANK YOU :D

[Con]

Did everything work alright?

[Anton]

Ahh thank you!!!

-Ps. How do I combine all of the objects now?
Is there a button I press after selecting them all?

[jahrain]

I already created a program that does this, long ago. (it was my first published application). It can import a folder load of obj files and combine them into a single file. http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1302

[Con]

In Maya, there is a drop down menu in the top left which lets you select what menu items appear on the top for specific jobs. The file, edit, modify, create, display, and window menus will always be there, but the others can be switch around by using the drop down menu. Make sure the drop-down is set to Modeling or Polygons depending on your Maya version, then go under the polygons menu item and click combine.

Edit: Oh, that's cool jahrain :-3

[Anton]

Oo ...

[Roostervier]

Hey, use Maya. Kthx.

No seriously, Maya is epic win; always use it. Also, good job helping him Con.

[Teh Ganon]

ive never tried maya.... but i think we can all agree max is better than gmax :D

[Anton]

Maya seems hard to use.. If I got used to it, I would probably love it. But I don't know where to start.. I don't like the movements controls, Max's are perfect for me. But yeah, like I said I'm only used to max.

[Roostervier]

Anton, that is exactly the way I felt. Then, I stuck with it and my first model was turning out amazing. I had to format my system recently, though. So now I no longer have it.

Here, I found some pictures of it on another forum.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8730/biped28frontuk8.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4192/biped28backtx1.jpg

So, it isn't that bad for a first model, right? Well, imagine what you could do once experienced!

[Con]

Maya is easy to pick up if you model with it for a while, so I def recommend it. It's easy to use, easier than Max IMO. The tools/UI seem to make sense.

[Anton]

You guys are really great in the influencing, encouraging way. :D I love this community. I will try to stick with Maya. ^^