3ds max export skeletal mesh bone coordinate change

[mapleegreen]

my tools is max 2011,use actorx export skeletal mesh,but after imported,the bone coordinate will change,y-axis and z-axis exchange。how to make the bone's coordinate as same as in max?

[JessieG]

Go into the preferences in Max and change the up axis to Z before you export

[darthviper107]

You need to set that in the export dialog when you export from Max, to set the correct coordinate to up. Up should be Z

[JessieG]

You need to set that in the export dialog when you export from Max, to set the correct coordinate to up. Up should be Z

He's using ActorX though, which I don't remember having an option to convert the up axis to Z for skeletal meshes. I may be wrong though as I haven't used ActorX for some time now.

[mapleegreen]

Go into the preferences in Max and change the up axis to Z before you export

in preferences ,I find not this.how do this?In fact ,before export,my model's every bone,the up axis is z.

[JessieG]

Ah, so it turns out that the Z axis is already up in Max. I use Maya and I assumed it was Y up in Max as well.

On import in UDK, is "Assume Maya Coordinates" checked on? If so make sure that is turned off.

[mapleegreen]

Ah, so it turns out that the Z axis is already up in Max. I use Maya and I assumed it was Y up in Max as well.

On import in UDK, is "Assume Maya Coordinates" checked on? If so make sure that is turned off.

Although not solve the problem, but still thank you for your help

[geodav]

take a tip from me an don't use max bones, use simple objects as i show in the weapon/vehicle tutorials, make sure you have the objects "origin" alighed to the world , also shown in my videos