Summary

Title:Ornatrix breaks default Maxscript Alembic export
Category:Crash/Critical
Status:Closed
Posted By:nweeden ( Nick Weeden )
Date Created:2 August 2021

Problem

Description:

The maxscript to export different file types in Max is very basic and seems to pick the output type solely from the file extension.  Because of the way Ornatrix installs itself (I think because it is first in the file list when you open the export window)  whenever we try to export geo it appears to try and use some form of Ornatrix export and breaks the alembic export completely.

This makes it's pretty much impossible to use a tools supported alembic workflow in Max when Ornatrix is installed.

This is in Max 2020 with Ornatrix 6.3.0.21573

Steps to Reproduce:

With Ornatrix installed, select a piece of non Ornatrix geometry and run the following:

exportfile "geo.abc" selectedonly:True

The export won't work.

Nevermind. I managed to work out how to get around it.