Importing and Exporting camera paths in Pointools & 3D Max

[Greg]

Here are some tips on Importing and Exporting camera paths using Pointools View Pro/Edit and 3D Studio Max:

To Export Camera Path from Pointools for 3D Studio Max:

• Go to: Animation/Camera Path Export and specify the location for the camera path to be saved.
• Click on Save to export the camera path.


To Import a Camera Path into 3D Studio Max from Pointools:

• In 3D Studio Max go to MAXScript>Run Script.
• Click on the Pick File Button and locate the file camera_R.ms
Found here for Edit:
C:\Program Files\Pointools\Edit1_0\camera path\3dStudioMax
Or here for View Pro:
C:\Program Files\Pointools\View1_8pro\camera path\3dStudioMax
• Expand the Camera Importer toolbar using the ‘+’ icon
• Click on Pick File and select the *.txt camera path file from Pointools.
• Click the IMPORT button to import the camera path.

Note: 3D Max units need to be set to meters before importing a camera path from Pointools.
To do this go to: Customize/Units Setup and click on System Unit Setup. Make sure that 1 Unit = 1.0 meters.


To Export Camera Path from 3D Studio Max for Pointools:

• In 3D Studio Max go to MAXScript>Run Script.
• Click on the Pick File Button and locate the file camera_R.ms
Found here for Edit:
C:\Program Files\Pointools\Edit1_0\camera path\3dStudioMax
Or here for View Pro:
C:\Program Files\Pointools\View1_8pro\camera path\3dStudioMax
• Expand the Camera Exporter toolbar using the ‘+’ icon
• Click on the Pick Camera button and select the camera to be exported.
• Click the Select File button and specify the location for the path *.txt file to be saved.
• Click the Export button to export the camera path.


To Import a Camera Path into Pointools from 3D Studio Max:

• Go to: Animation/Camera Path Import and locate the camera path *.txt file to be imported.
• Click Open to import the camera path.