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Unable to import Maya models

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by gecko, Apr 26, 2017.

  1. gecko

    gecko

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    I'm suddenly unable to import Maya models. I had an old unlicensed version of Maya on my Mac and for years could import .mb files without a problem, but somehow now (after upgrading project to 5.5.3) that app is gone and the import process fails. I tried this tip <http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/673792/maya-couldnt-convert-mb-file-to-an-fbx-file.html>, but the "fbxmaya.bundle" reverts to "fbxmaya" whenever I try to reimport a model.

    So now I've downloaded the latest FBX SDK, and the latest version of Maya LT, and the latest version of Maya (Free trial) -- and I still get this frustrating error in Unity when I try to reimport a model:

    Maya couldn't convert the mb file to an fbx file
    Try exporting the mb file to an fbx file manually.
    FBX plugins can be found here: http://www.autodesk.com/fbx

    Anyone got other solutions?

    thx Dave