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Hi,

I'm a 3D animator and back in 2007 I did project for a client in which I exported my models from Maya to Ogre .mesh format. My client contacted me last week asking for a change to the project. Unfortunately, my original Maya files are either lost or unreadable. My client can provide me with the .mesh files. Can I use Blender or some other tool to convert the .mesh files into a format that Maya can read?

Thanks

AFAIK, the exporters cannot work with .MESH files since they are binary and non reversible. They can open .MESH.XML files which most exporters output when generating the .MESH file.

So there's no way for me to convert a .mesh file into another 3D format like .obj?

Ah...wait: I forgot something. The latest version of the OgreXMLConverter can convert a .MESH file back to a .MESH.XML file that can then be imported in some modeling tools via an Ogre Importer, e.g. Blender (not sure if there is an Ogre <-> Maya importer).

You could then try: Import into Blender, export from there as .OBJ (or something else), import into Maya.

More info here: http://www.ogre3d.org/tikiwiki/OGRE+Exporters

Thanks very much for your help! It took me a while to:

-Get the correct version of Blender
-Get the correct version of Python
-Find the Import Ogre python script
-Put the Import Ogre python script in the right folder

LOL. But, I fumbled my way through it and now I have the data I need.

Thanks again!

I thought I would post a follow-up to this thread describing for posterity what I did on the chance someone else has the same problem.

I needed to get an object, let's call it object.mesh into Maya where I could work with it. Here's what I did:

1. Download the OgreCommandLineTools and use OgreXMLConverter to convert object.mesh into object.mesh.xml
2. Download and install Blender version 2.49b (Use this specific version)
3. Download ogre_import.py and put it in the Blender scripts folder (see 3b below)
3b. Optionally download the Ogre Exporter and put it in the Blender scripts folder. Scroll down and read the comments for information on where to locate the Blender scripts folder.
4. Download and install Python version 2.6.4

You should now be able to import the object.mesh.xml object you created earlier into Blender and export it to the format of your choice.

Hey dmlarsen,

I followed your steps exactly but couldn't get it to work properly. I get an error in Blender saying: Python error check console.

Any ideas?

chrisGopher11 wrote:Hey dmlarsen,

I followed your steps exactly but couldn't get it to work properly. I get an error in Blender saying: Python error check console.

Any ideas?

Highly possible that you have the wrong Python version installed. I believe the instructions given above are for Blender 2.4x which uses Python 2.6x, which is way different from Python 3.x.

Hey

Actually I just followed the link to download Python here: http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.6.4/
So I'm assuming that's the correct version.

Thanks

Hey Mind Calamity I followed his steps exactly. I got the Python version from here: http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.6.4/
So if you have any other suggestions that might help, let me know.

You might find more help with that blender error over at the blender forums.
I also got quite a few hits by typing "Python error check console blender" in google.

chrisGopher11 wrote:Hey Mind Calamity I followed his steps exactly. I got the Python version from here: http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.6.4/
So if you have any other suggestions that might help, let me know.

I had the same thing, but I installed Python version 2.6.6 and now everything works without problems.

I know i'm dragging this post from the Crypts, but does anyone have a backup of the old svn/ogreaddons that may have the mentioned Ogre Importer (http://wiki.ogre3d.org/BlenderImport) saved, or know where it may have been moved to?

Hello,

I have found this https://sourceforge.net/p/ogreaddons/co ... derimport/.

Hopefully it will be useful.