How To Export Cameras From Rhino To Maya

Contents

• ane Introduction
• two Exporting curves from Maya 2011 and college
  • 2.i Units
• 3 Exporting curves from Maya 8 upwards to Maya 2010
  • 3.one Export options
  • 3.ii Using Rhino to convert IGES to DWG
• 4 Exporting curves from Maya vii
  • 4.1 Consign options
• 5 Importing in AutoCAD
• half-dozen Related pages

Introduction

The goal is to export curves from our 3D model in Maya to AutoCAD to utilize it as a base for a 2d technical drawing. This tutorial covers exporting NURBS curves from Maya to AutoCAD.

The actions needed to consign curves from Maya to AutoCAD differ considerately from version to version. Please note the instructions below for the various versions of Maya.

Exporting curves from Maya 2011 and college

Information technology's required to have Maya 2011 installed with the Direct Connect component, which can exist selected during installation. If y'all didn't install Direct Connect, you can download Direct Connect for Maya separately from the Autodesk website and install information technology manually. Furthermore the DCExport.mll plugin must be loaded: Window »Settings/Preferences »Plug-in Director

Brand sure your lines are in the XY-plane, so you may take to rotate them. Groups them first if they aren't already. Also make sure they're at Z-value 0.

Maya layers will also be exported to the AutoCAD file, so yous may want to identify the curves in a layer or a set of layers.

Select all curves.

Export them through File > Export Choice > OptionBox.

Gear up the File Type to DWG_DCE.

If the file-blazon DWG_DCE isn't listed, the Direct Connect Consign plug-in isn't loaded. Go to Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Managing director and check DCExport.mll to load it.

Click Export Selection to showtime the export. You volition be prompted for a location to salve the DWG file.

Depending on the layer color in Maya, objects may seem to be missing when you open the exported DWG file. For instance: a default Maya layer volition create a DWG layer with a black color. The objects volition not show if you lot use the default black background of AutoCAD. Irresolute the layer color either in Maya or AutoCAD will solve this.

Units

The curves will exported in 'bare units', without any unit conversion. So a bend in Maya that is v units long, will also exist five units in AutoCAD. If you're units in Maya represent meters and your units in AutoCAD represent millimeters, you must manually scale your curves. In this case with a scale factor of grand.

Exporting curves from Maya eight up to Maya 2010

Unfortunately Autodesk decided to drop the plug-in that allows y'all to directly export curves to the DWG file format. You can export the curves to IGES and use an application such as Rhino to convert the IGES file to DWG. Nosotros're working on getting an IGES import plug-in for AutoCAD installed at the faculty.

Make sure the Iges.mll plugin is loaded (Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager)

Select all curves you want to export. Export them through File > Export Option > OptionBox.

Export options

File Blazon

must be IGESExport (or OBJ).

Scale Factor

use if needed, or leave information technology at ane.0 (default).

Using Rhino to catechumen IGES to DWG

• Import the IGES file
• Select the curves and export them to DWG.

Exporting curves from Maya 7

Create layers for every department and place the curves in the corresponding layer. These layers will exist exported to the AutoCAD file as well.

Make sure your lines are in the XY-plane, so you may have to rotate them. Groups them first if they aren't already. Likewise make sure they're at Z-value 0.

Select all curves of your department(south). Export them through File > Export Selection > OptionBox.

Export options

File Type

must exist DWGExport.

Output file format

should be set to ACAD 2004

Units

set to Millimeters to create a millimeters based DWG

Calibration cistron

Scale the geometry by this number. 1000 to get from meters to millimeters.

These settings are to export a Maya model where i unit of measurement is a meter to a millimeters based DWG file.

If the file-type DWGExport isn't listed, the plug-in isn't loaded (Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Managing director > dwgTranslator.mll).

Maya versions 8.0 to 2010 unfortunately don't back up exporting NURBS curves to DWG/DXF.

Importing in AutoCAD

Make sure the units in AutoCAD are set up upwardly properly (to match the units you fix for exporting in Maya). Y'all can employ the command units to verify and change the units (insertion scale).

Employ Insert > Block to import your cartoon.

Select the file created by Maya. Y'all can optionally specify a custom scale and insertion point, just the defaults are fine in most cases. The Explode option may exist useful to explode the cake into separate lines.

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Source: http://wiki.bk.tudelft.nl/toi-pedia/Export_Maya_to_AutoCAD

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