If you're units in Maya represent meters and your units in AutoCAD represent millimeters, you must manually scale your curves. So a curve in Maya that is 5 units long, will also be 5 units in AutoCAD. The curves will exported in 'bare units', without any unit conversion. Changing the layer color either in Maya or AutoCAD will solve this. The objects will not show if you use the default black background of AutoCAD. For instance: a default Maya layer will create a DWG layer with a black color. You will be prompted for a location to save the DWG file.ĭepending on the layer color in Maya, objects may seem to be missing when you open the exported DWG file. Go to Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager and check DCExport.mll to load it.Ĭlick Export Selection to start the export. If the file-type DWG_DCE isn't listed, the Direct Connect Export plug-in isn't loaded. Maya layers will also be exported to the AutoCAD file, so you may want to place the curves in a layer or a set of layers.Įxport them through File > Export Selection > OptionBox.

Groups them first if they aren't already.

Make sure your lines are in the XY-plane, so you may have to rotate them. If you didn't install Direct Connect, you can download Direct Connect for Maya separately from the Autodesk website and install it manually.įurthermore the DCExport.mll plugin must be loaded: Window » Settings/Preferences » Plug-in Manager It's required to have Maya 2011 installed with the Direct Connect component, which can be selected during installation.

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