Greymind Research/Maya Tools

Maya tools. Exporter, importer for models, scenes, materials, animation and custom data. Animation manager, Sequencer and other Maya API/Script tools.

• ModelDef exporter/importer for Maya/XNA/C#
  • ModelDef is a custom, clean model format for use in game engines. This was written because the FBX pipeline is buggy and the shader/material information from Maya was not used to the fullest extent. Supports smooth skins, animations, multiple UV-sets, UV placement attributes, tangents, binormals, some custom attributes like UseAlpha (for alpha-textures) and DrawBackfaces (for some meshes, like tree leaves). Easy to extend to support more attributes at a material or any DAG path level. The importer imports the model into its own container class and also has an XNA content pipeline importer/processor.
  • Uses: Maya API/Scripting, Python, C#
  • Downloads: [Exporter] [Importer] - updated 2011-07-07
• Scene exporter/importer for Maya/XNA/C#
  • Exports each transform and mesh in the maya scene as individual ModelDef files and generates an XML that describes how to recompose the scene. The framework to export more information like lights, cameras and such are there, but not currently used/maintained since my pipeline (XNA/ModelDef) doesn't need it. Exports each mesh and its transform after moving it to the origin to remove absolute values from the exported ModelDeffile. For use with large levels and scenes. The importer imports the scene into its own container class.
  • Uses: Maya API/Scripting, Python, C#
  • Downloads: [Exporter] [Importer] - updated 2011-04-30
• Custom-data exporter/importer for Maya/XNA/C#
  • Exports custom data about a character to an XML file. Currently configured custom data includes exporting player camera and item mount points. Follows a similar structure to the scene exporter. Exports idle animation name and animation data if used with the MoveLister (link soon). For use with characters with animations. The importer imports the scene into its own container class.
  • Uses: Maya API/Scripting, Python, C#
  • Downloads: [Exporter] [Importer]- updated 2011-04-30
• Sequencer v1.6 for Maya
  • The Sequencer is a tool to manage multiple animations in a single maya file. Also supports automatic creation of ASCII FBX files with named takes.
  • SequencerFull is a single file version of Sequencer and does not require the Common module.
  • Uses: Maya API/Scripting, Python
  • Downloads [Common] [Sequencer] [SequencerFull]- updated 2011-05-06
• Notes
  • The importers are not out-of-the-box type packages. You will need some know-how of XNA's content pipeline to integrate them.
  • The importers might be a little out of date or incompatible with the version of the exporters linked to here. I need to test and update said packages when I have the time. Apologies.
  • Please do not hesitate to send in an email to ensure you have the latest versions of all the above tools. I might not have updated the links here. Thinking about setting up some direct version control sources soon.

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