This is a weird one, and I have not spent enough time in maya to have run into it and figure it out yet, so would really appreciate any suggestions on the subject.

I have, repeatedly and with success, exported characters and meshes from maya as .fbx using either file/export or file/export selected. fbx usually comes up as the default option.

This morning, started maya and opened a file i planned to export into mudbox, as an .obj.

However when i select either file/export or file/export selected i only see 4options in the export type dropdown -
.ma
.mb
.mov
mentalray

Now the program did not crash last time I closed it out, and nothing has changed here on the computer, nor did I consciously mess with any settings that I’m aware of ( and i have no idea where export type decline etc. settings might be).

iIhave both 2008 and 2009, after seeing the problem on 2009 i opened 2008 to try it there, and fbx is no longer available there either, same options only.

So I then opened 3ds max 2009, and tried export select, and fbx shows up as the default as usual. so fbx itself is still around here..

Again any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as i can’t see the .obj option either and cannot export for mudbox now either.

Thanks,
Dan

go to your plug-in manager and load fbxmaya.bundle
sometimes these things flake out during loading…

n8skow [FA]

Thanks a lot for the direction, I’ll give it a shot today and post if it works, or if I run into more questions due to lack of Maya experience.

Thanks,
Dan

Just wanted to post an update and again thanks - the fix worked, and so far seems to be holding. At least i know what to do if it is missing again… the odd thing was it affected both 2009, and 2008.
Dan

?
maya 2009 isn’t out yet…
=o)

4fortytwo 20 August 2008 03:32 PM

Just wanted to post an update and again thanks - the fix worked, and so far seems to be holding. At least i know what to do if it is missing again… the odd thing was it affected both 2009, and 2008.
Dan

n8skow [FA]

sorry - my mistake - I was thinking of Max 2009 when writing ( I use that primarily so am usually speaking about it...!). This Maya issue was with Maya 2008.

Thanks,
Dan