Maxwell Render | Official public forum

Hi Everyone,

I bought Maxwell in the Alpha-stage, did some pleasing testrenders on PC using Lightwave, and followed some threads on the forum when I had the time.

Now I switched to Mac.

What I use:
- iMac 24" / 2.33 GHz Intel Core2Duo / 2Gb RAM / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
- Modo 202 for modeling
- Lightwave 9 for scene setup and/or model checking before going to Maxwell
- Maxwell 1.1 UB version for rendering (I hope)

Problematic workflow example:
- Model something simple in Modo (not even SubD - but multiple layers)
- Export as LWO
- Check it in LW Modeler and 'triple' it.
- Import in 'mxstudio' and... NOTHING!!! "0 objects in scene"

If I try to save an 'mxs'-scene from within Lightwave I always get errors; although I tripled every polygon and checked for 1-point polygons...

I've tried exporting from Lightwave as DXF too. I only get 1 layer from the LWO, and that one is OK.

If I export from Modo as "Wavefront OBJ", I get 'some' geometry but very messy and nothing like the original.

Now that I've got this great Mac, I really want to start using Maxwell 1.1 UB and all this is really disappointing. Please Help!


Thanks a lot in advance...

http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... hp?t=20375

Yazan

If you are interested, there is a modo script to export OBJ files ready for Maxwell. Give it a try and help us refine it as well.

This is the discussion thread in the Lux forums
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/s ... y&id=12931

http://www.modonize.co.uk/private/mm_Maxwell_Export.zip

Yazan

Thanks a million Yazan.

I immediately tried the script, but on a rather complex model and I got an error. I'll try it as soon as possible on a simpler model, and give proper feedback in case of an error (what it actually says, I mean).


Thanks again!

Well thanks to Gwynne who wrote it. For technical support, please refer to the Luxology forums as Gwynne is answering questions there.

http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/t ... x?id=12931

Yazan