intrepid opened this issue on May 03, 2004 ยท 4 posts
intrepid posted Mon, 03 May 2004 at 12:00 PM
Hi, Is there a viewer or converter out to let you use MAX files in Poser short of having to buy the 3D MAX program? I would like to find out for I just don't have the money to spend to buy the program just to switch files to use in poser. Someone let me know. Thanks, Robert
EnglishBob posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 7:54 AM
No, you have to have 3DS Max as far as I know. A .MAX file contains a set of instructions for Max to build the mesh rather than actual 3D stuff, as I understand it.
ojim posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 1:54 PM
As far as I know you can use 3dS files in Poser. You need to go to file then select import from the drop down menu. You will have a copuple of options to select like import to center or floor. I don't know if you would be able to edit files but you can use them like any other poser file. As always with using a format not orginally inteneded for a particular program you may find some odd little problems. Hope this helps.
arfarfarf posted Sun, 09 May 2004 at 3:22 AM
I've found 3DS files don't work as good as .obj files. There are some free converters out there so you don't need to purchase MAX to use the 3DS format. the .max file format is proprietary and pretty much only MAX can use this format, which is why you see so many files exported in 3DS format and not .max format... Look in the 3D Studio MAX forum here, there's a whole section for using Poser with MAX and tools to use the programs together. Maybe you will find better answers in the poser/max faq section.