{"id":156,"date":"2008-12-12T16:39:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T16:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/156-exporting-to-shapeways-from-maya-using-collada.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:50:12","slug":"exporting-to-shapeways-from-maya-using-collada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/exporting-to-shapeways-from-maya-using-collada","title":{"rendered":"Exporting to Shapeways from Maya using COLLADA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Zich pointed us to a great way to export to Shapeways from Maya. He took some screenshots and explains <a href=\"\/blog\/uploads\/mayacolladatutorial1selectModel.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><!-- s9ymdb:346 --><\/a>how to do it. Pete reports that, &#8220;I&#8217;ve uploaded over 20 items and all of them have been done this way, with excellent results.&#8221; Thank you Pete! We will turn your info into a tutorial soon. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;The only steps involved are selecting the meshes you want to export, choosing &#8220;Export Selected&#8221; and selecting DAE_FBX.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mayacollada4exportWindow1.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"83\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mayacollada4exportWindow1-150x150.png\" style=\"border: 0px none ; float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mayacollada2exportSelected1.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"88\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mayacollada2exportSelected1-150x150.png\" style=\"border: 0px none ; float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mayacolladatutorial1selectModel1.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"66\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mayacolladatutorial1selectModel1-150x150.png\" style=\"border: 0px none ; float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/uploads\/mayacollada2exportSelected.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><!-- s9ymdb:347 --><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/uploads\/mayacollada4exportWindow.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><!-- s9ymdb:348 --><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/uploads\/mayacollada2exportSelected.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><!-- s9ymdb:347 --><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/uploads\/mayacollada4exportWindow.png\" class=\"serendipity_image_link\"><!-- s9ymdb:348 --><\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Zich pointed us to a great way to export to Shapeways from Maya. 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