Maya 2008 Conversion

# 1 03-12-2007 , 04:21 AM

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Hello, I apologize if this question has already been asked, so please forgive my "noob-ness".

I am a High School student at the moment, and our class works with Maya version 7. I own Maya 2008 at my home, and I was hoping that I could bring my school projects to my own computer to get some extra work done. My inquiry would be that I was wondering if there was some sort of conversion plug-in that would allow me to work on a scene from Maya 7 (in 2008 obviously) but save it in a 7 form, so that I can continue it at school. Again, I apologize if this has already been asked, and I appreciate your time. Thank you.

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# 2 03-12-2007 , 04:38 AM

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Great question. The first step to do is to always save all your file as a maya Ascii. Why? this way it encrypts everything using maya's mel language which can be easily edited in Note pad. Once you do this, when you save something in Maya 8, and want to open it in Maya 7, open the Maya ascii file with notepad and replace everything that says Maya 8.0 to 7.0 , it should be within the first few lines. After you replace everything with 7.0 , save it and now you can open it with Maya 7.0

This doesn't apply when you go up in versions, only when you downgrade.

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# 3 03-12-2007 , 04:43 AM

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Excellent! Thank you so much! :bow:
My teacher will be very happy to hear this. This is really going to help my project.

"All the world's a stage, and all the Men and Women merely players: they have their exits, and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts."
-William Shakespeare

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# 4 03-12-2007 , 04:45 AM

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No problem man! one last note though, Be aware that when going back and forth you may have some display issues.

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# 5 03-12-2007 , 08:11 AM

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Understood, thanks so much! user added image

"All the world's a stage, and all the Men and Women merely players: they have their exits, and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts."
-William Shakespeare

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