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Can't import 3DS format?

DrNewcensteinDrNewcenstein Posts: 816
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

So, is this something new for 4.8 or have I just never noticed that DS can't import *.3ds files?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,344
    edited December 1969

    DS has never been able to import 3DS.

  • DrNewcensteinDrNewcenstein Posts: 816
    edited December 1969

    Ah, I see. Oh well, who needs a 20-year-old industry standard anyway?

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449
    edited December 1969

    3DS is hardly an industry standard just because it's 20 years old, it's 3DMax's open but jacked up format. Most of the models in this format I have tried had parts strewn all over the place and needed a lot of fixing in Blender before I would want to try importing them to Studio.

  • achimsachims Posts: 77
    edited December 1969

    Maybe worth a try .....

    "FBX® 2013.3 Converter

    Transfer files from one file format to another quickly and easily with the FBX Converter. This utility enables you to convert OBJ, DXF™, DAE, and 3DS files to or from multiple versions of the FBX format. New tools are now available with the FBX Converter 2012.1. You can view FBX animation files in real time with the FBX Viewer, explore and compare FBX file contents with the FBX Explorer, and manage animation takes with the FBX Take Manager."

    http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=22694909

  • DrNewcensteinDrNewcenstein Posts: 816
    edited December 1969

    jestmart said:
    3DS is hardly an industry standard just because it's 20 years old, it's 3DMax's open but jacked up format. Most of the models in this format I have tried had parts strewn all over the place and needed a lot of fixing in Blender before I would want to try importing them to Studio.

    I've seen this on very few 3DS models over the last 15+ years, but I agree, when it happens, it's a huge problem. I don't think it's the format itself so much as those programs that have 3DS export functionality are not kept up-to-date with regards to the format spec. I've seen models explode in Truespace and Poser, but Bryce handles them just fine, so it has to be an issue of the import/export plugin and version changes between them.

    I've also seen models that had completely random vertex welds, which leads me to believe these were not made in Max, merely exported in the 3DS format from some other app.

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