http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=49921&th=9903#msg_49921
http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/exporting-from-maya-with- collada-3dprinting

Mentioned here, the writer cites that I need to get the Collada plugin from this URL:

http://www.feelingsoftware.com/content/view/55/72/lang,en/

Since Feeling Software is no longer, the link above does not work. Through searching, I have been able to find the collada.mll file for Windows Maya, but not the .so extension for Linux. The closest I would get to getting the Linux compatible library is compiling it from here:

http://code.google.com/p/opencollada/source/browse/#svn%2Ftr unk

Sadly, compiling from source is what Im weak on. It was suggested in other threads to export as an OBJ and then use Meshlab.

http://www.squidoo.com/shapeways-with-maya-and-meshlab

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Given that Linux is almost never supported on anything and my compile-from-source skills are so rusty, it seems better for me to look towards the Meshlab way.

Are there any other Linux Maya users that might have similar experiences when it came to figuring the best way to export their designs from Maya?]]> WebmistressM 2012-06-16T17:43:00-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=50250&th=9903#msg_50250
Another possible place to check.. there should be support forum for Maya.. I'd pose your question there as well.]]> stonysmith 2012-06-23T01:24:51-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=50255&th=9903#msg_50255 WebmistressM 2012-06-23T04:06:31-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=52813&th=9903#msg_52813
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/ utility-external/export/c/mayaexportstl

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