[TUTORIAL] Blender 2.43 to GMax

[nivao 0]

Hi,

I had a question how to export Blender meshes to Gmax. It has being solved with investigation on the net.

This is a tutorial about that.
The programs you need:
1. Blender 2.43 with a mesh
2. Deep Exploration (Here)
3. GMax with BAT.
(you don't need a custom importer)

1. Start Blender and open a project

2. Click on [File>Export>3D studio Max (3ds.)] to export the file to a .3ds file

3. When the program asked to save the textures click [Yes]

4. Start Deep Exploration and scroll to the map where you saved the .3ds file

5. Right click on that file then [Convert to>Geometry Files] a popup window appears
    (make sure that your model is selected)

6. Select in "Export Format" [AutoCAD(.dfx)] to convert it to a .dfx file.
    (select in "Overwrite Existing" [Ask])

7. Click on [Convert]

8. Start BAT and [File>Import]

9. select in [File Format] (the lower scroll tag) AutoCAD(.dfx)

10. Than click [Open] and a popup window appears

11. Select [Merge objects in open scene] or [start a new scene]
       (let the lower tab [Convert Units] selected.

12. Finished!!!!! It appears now in your scene.

(comments are pleased)

[patriots_1228 51]

wow cool! I think im gonna check out this blender thing.

[nivao 0]

I don't know if it works but could someone make this a 'alert topic'(?) because this is a tutorial

[SimRabbit 48]

Thanks for the quick tut. I as a Blender user, will find this very useful.

BUT There is an easier way of doing this. When you save a mesh in Blender you save as .3ds. Open Gmax and goto Import and look up the mesh you have just saved. Gmax can import 3ds meshes. No need to convert them into .dfx

[Erzei 0]

Well. i'll try nivao's method, because, when im trying to import my Blender objects exporting them as .3ds, they don't show up or are incomplete....

[autoVino 26]

^^Yeah, this is an issue with the blender 3ds format.  If you're using a software (3ds max) that supports .obj files, use that if possible.  I think the newest version has this problem solved, and some of the older versions seem to work fine with the 3ds format as well.

[BIWDC 2,296]

Great Tutorial i got blender for use with Half-Life 2 now i use it for Sc4.