Trying to export Maya animation to Houdini

[mitz711]

Hi all,

Im having trouble exporting my animated vehicle from maya to houdini. I have tried using FBX with the default settings, but when i opened up houdini, only the rig was moving. I understand that Houdini does not support the constraints in maya, but how else will i get my animation that has been rigged to houdini then??

[woodenduck]

If it's already rigged and animated, can you just use an obj sequence?

[dobin]

that's work perfect for me every time:

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/dynamics/c/maya-to-houdini-particles-mdd-obj-exporter

[Annon]

Do you need the rig? Just do a geometry cache of the geometry in maya, check it's working by deleting everything else apart from the mesh. If it's still moving you've cached it, which in simple terms means each point knows how it moves without any dependencies to bones/skinning etc.

Export that as fbx or alembic into houdini and use the file sop to bring it back in.

C

[mitz711]

that's work perfect for me every time:

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/dynamics/c/maya-to-houdini-particles-mdd-obj-exporter

Thanks all! I managed to get it into Houdini after caching it.

Dobin, this worked like a charm! Thanks again for the help!