keppel posted at 10:01PM Tue, 12 January 2021 - #4410108

The main benefit of a site like this is not in converting files you have made. Why would you as you have the software that was used to create the model and if you needed to pass it on to someone else then you could do so in any number of export formats. This site is useful when you have a model that you have downloaded that is in a format that Blender can't import. There are a number of sites that offer free models for download but they are often in formats like .max or .c4d which Blender can't import. Using this site to convert those models poses no risk to you and results in the opportunity to use a model that you couldn't otherwise have used.

Well, I don't think the .max conversion will work, if it's even legal for them to offer it. The .max extension is a proprietary scene file format for 3dsmax, not a model or object definition. In the same way a .blend file will contain all the scene information, a .max file will contain models, lights, materials, animations, modifiers, and plugins that are tied to the 3dsmax software itself. Texture locations, however, are always relative to the file location. Unlike Blender, .max can not pack textures into the file. I'd be interested to see what it does with a .max conversion. I might try it with one of my own files.

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