MAD: Maya ASCII Downconverter

M.A.D. Version 1.0.0.0Today I was somewhat grouchy: I wanted to continue my works from the day before on my notebook but couldn’t open the Maya 8.5 ASCII files in Maya 8.0 on my ACER portable. I was so annoyed by that fact that I started to code a little application that turns any Maya ASCII-file into a Maya 8.0 compatible ASCII.

After two hours I had the core working and this afternoon I tweaked here and there, did a little debugging and now it’s final in it’s first raw version: MAD – The Maya ASCII-file down-converter:

Usage

Note: If you’re using some features that aren’t possible in Maya 8.0 there’s a chance of still not being able to open the file in Maya 8.0. Most likely these files will open with a bunch of error-messages, but at least they open after all.

Just download (below) it an double click it. A file requester window appears and asks you for a Maya ASCII file (.ma). Select the one that you want to convert and click open. It’s as simple as that — and makes life a little easier.

MAD won’t harm your precious ASCII-scenes , it will create a new version with the suffix “_downconverted” in the same directory. MAD opens your original file as read-only because I wanted to make it as safe as possible. If there remains a hidden file called “temp.ma” in your source directory, you can delete it, it’s only used by MAC to be on the safe side.

Version History

M.A.D. 1.0.0.0 (2007/11/23)

  • Initial release

Donation & Download

The application is donation ware. So if you want to say a little “thanks” by donating money that would be really nice. Thank in advance!

Click the Image to download
the MAD 1.0.0.0 converter





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So tell me what you think and post any bugs you stumble across. Thanks!

Nov 23, 2007
17:32

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