Collada Maya Help

[Reiramon]

Hello,

I wanted to install Collada for my Maya.

However I encountered a problem.

I have no idea how to install it and spent an hour to find out.

I found this https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCOLLADA/tree/master/COLLADAMaya .

I opened the Installation guide and thats where I got stuck.

How do I work with this files? Just right click make a copy?

It says to copy ColladaMaya.mll into my Maya plug-ins dir but I do not see any file named ColladaMaya.mll in any of those directories on that site.

Thank you

[Cathy Foil]

Hi Reiramon,
What version of Maya are you using?

I think Maya 2010 and newer comes with a DAE collada export.

Open Maya and click the menu  at the top named Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager.

Once the Plug-in Manager window is open scroll down and look for "fbxMaya.mll".
Put check marks in "loaded" and "auto load".  I usually click "Refresh" just to be safe and then "Close".

Now you can export mesh out as a DAE file.  Just select your mesh and click File > Export Selection.

In the export window type the name you want your mesh to have and in the "Files of type:" select DAE_FBX(*.dae)

If your Maya is a newer version that is all you need.  You don't have to export as an FBX file and convert to a DAE file using the free Autodesk FBX Converter.

Let me know if that works for you. 

Hope that helps.
Cathy

[Reiramon]

Thank you! I have not actually checked all the export options and did not see it there! Problem solved.