Hi,

There is a new tool for exporting from Gmax to 3ds Max. FFG is a script which exports a scene from Gmax in a form readable by 3ds Max. Mesh, Gmax materials, UV mappings, smoothing, pivots, object names and hierarchy are exported, as are Gmax primitives (cube, cylinder etc). The output from the process has been tested in 3ds Max 2008 and 2011, and a Max 2012 user has reported a successful export.

The FFG process is a collaboration between Tom Faulds and Manfred Jahn based on the BFF script by Borislav 'Bobo' Petrov.

The main limitation is that the process has to fonction in a 2GB memory space, so a big project > 350K poly model will not export in a single pass.

Whith this béta a 37K poly model did export successfully but the process took around 25 minutes in total, while 10-15K poly selections went quite quickly.

Users should be aware that FSX materials do NOT export successfully and animations are unreliable at best. The script has animation export turned off by default, the user can experiment at his own risk.

The download includes :-

FFG 0_1_4.ms ............................... the MacroScript for Gmax
GMaxSLGRAB.exe ........................... the 'Grabber'
FFG_pp.bat and FFG_pp.exe ............ the post-processor batch file and executable
ICONX.exe .................................... Icon language runtime

readmeFFG.pdf .............................. user instructions

and is available here at FSDeveloper in the Downloads section! http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=135