3DS Max to Collada¶

The tutorial files are available to download at the bottom of the page.

What is 3ds Max?¶

Autodesk® 3ds Max® (more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max) is a modeling, animation and rendering package developed by Autodesk Media and Entertainment. It has modeling capabilities, a flexible plugin architecture and is able to be used on the Microsoft Windows platform.

Collada Exporter¶

While 3ds Max has native support for exporting to Collada its exporter provides results unsupported within VastPark.

For exporting to Collada from 3ds Max we suggest using OpenCOLLADA's 3ds Max plugins.
You can download the installer from: http://www.opencollada.org/download.html

When exporting using OpenCOLLADA, we recommend using the settings 'Relative Paths' and 'Copy Images' to ensure the textures end up in the right directory and are accessable by VastPark's Collada Importer.

Below is a screenshot from 3ds Max with the recommended export options selected.

Converting 3ds Max files¶

NOTE: Only works with VastPark Creator 1.5 and above.

In VastPark Creator, simply click the Creator button -> Import -> Collada Importer. Then select the desired .DAE file to convert and import.