How The Format Translation Thing Works?

[pythonboy]

How the format translation thing works?

let's say i need to write a translator for maya scenes to max.How that stuff works?

Your translator replaces all the mel commands with max script commands,along with flags?Feel free to explain details please.

Thanks

[joojaa]

Depends on what you translate, quite a lot of stuff dont have equals so not everything can be translated.

As a usual rule of thumb geometry is relatively easy, maybe bones and movements flattened, maybe blend shapes. Rest of rig is sometimes either way too hard to trasfer or just not worth it.