Alias Exporter

This geometry export converter writes out Alias triangle binary files which can be read into Alias Power Animator/Studio/AutoStudio/Designer.

These files basically contain just raw geometry data in triangular format with normals/colors/texture-uv coordinates per vertex. In addition, the file contains the texture filename associated with each polygon.

Two alternative methods to export geometry to Power Animator/Studio/AutoStudio/Designer.is via the Wavefront OBJ export converter and the IGES 5.3 export converter. The PolyTrans-for-Maya native plug-in module is used to move data in and out of Autodesk Maya.

Dialog Box Options

The following information explains the various options on the dialog box:

Output Texture Filename References

If this option is enabled (checkmarked) then any object which has a diffuse texture map assigned to it will have its texture map filename output to the Alias triangle file.

Flip Model to that "Z" Axis is Up

If this option is enabled (checkmarked) then the scene will be rotated so that the Z axis is 'Up' instead of the Y axis. If un- checkmarked then the Y axis will remain Up.

World Scaling Factor

This numeric type-in box allows the scene to be scaled in size. For example, if set to 0.1 then the scene will be made 10 times smaller whereas a value of 10 will make the scene 10 times larger.