Export Skeleton And Rig

[iduna79]

Hi!

If I create a skeleton i Maya, connect it to a mesh, and export it as OBJ (for example), can I import the file in 3D max without any problems? Will the skeleton and mesh still be connected and work the way I want it to?

[joojaa]

definetly will not work!

in general rigs dont export at all... except for fbx wich can export rudimmantary rigs but all expressions and additional nodes will be gone period. the nternals of rigging in apps is just to different form eachother.

reason for this is oviously the fact that maya does not have the same capabilities as maya and vice versa.

[deke-kincaid]

The closest thing you can do is animate it all in maya and just export the pure baked animation to max. If for example you want to light and render it in max.