Hi Michael -

Many thanks for the extremely comprehensive reply.

As a result of this great service - and the fact that it's just so much fun modelling in Moi (up till 4am putting the finishing touches on it - what a geek huh?) - I've opted to buy it with a view to using the beta of v2 (looking forward to trying this fbx import - still having meshing difficulties but many thanks for the tips - all helping. I think FBX will nail it - OBJ has always been OBJectionable to max. :)

Thanks to everyone who responded - very helpful and much appreciated.

j.

Hi James, thanks very much for your order! I'm glad that you're having fun with MoI, I hope it won't interfere too much with getting a good night's sleep though... ;)

One other note on FBX - it is also a good idea to update the FBX import plugin for Max to the latest version, especially if you are running a couple of years old version of Max.

There were quite a few fixes to the FBX importer for Max that came after some of the initial Max releases, so if you only have the "stock" importer that came with a slightly older release you may not be able to get a good transfer until you update it.

Those are available here:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=10775855

- Michael