www.kwxport.org

kW X-port version 1.4.4 is now available for download. This version brings back the missing scripting interface, and also fixes the bug where you had to open a file twice in a row to restore the settings saved with the file.

Download kW X-port 1.4.4 for 32-bit 3ds Max or kW X-port 1.4.4 for 64-bit 3ds Max.

Version 1.4.3 of kW X-port is done, and adds two important fixes:

• 64-bit support for Max 2008, 2009 and 2010!
• Fixes the "corrupt shader path" but in Max 2010.

You'll need to register and log in to download the installer! That way, I can send out updates if an important update is made to the installer or exporter.

You probably want the newest version!
Version 1.4.2 of kW X-port is done, and adds install options for French, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese localized versions of 3ds Max. While I haven't translated the plug-in itself, at least this will let you install on a system using a version of 3ds Max that's not English.
Also, the "wrong tangent basis exported" bug has been fixed, as well as the "wrong Windows Installer version found" installation problem. Hopefully this will be a lot smoother for everybody!

You'll need to register and log in to download the installer! That way, I can send out updates if an important update is made to the installer or exporter.

Now with 3ds Max 2010 support, a MaxScript API, and several bug fixes and improved features.
The installer now also installs proper shortcuts to the manual and other documentation, so you can actually find it after installation! (Doh!)
Get it on the download page.

I've been working on a 3ds Max 2010 version of kW X-port (with some nifty new features, too -- I'm calling it "1.4.0"!)
Unfortunately, when time came to do the x64 build, it just wouldn't work. After some investigation, and building a sample exporter direct from the Autodesk SDK (all their code), that sample also crashes when exporting.

You can check out your own copy of the kW X-port source code by installing a Subversion client, and running the following command:

svn co http://svn.kwxport.org/kwxport kwxport

This file is a simple 3ds Max scene (for Max 2009) containing a cube that spins around its up axis. It is available as .max, as .fbx and as .X, so that you can compare the files on your own. There is also a screen shot included of the settings used to export the file.

Version 1.3.4 of kW X-port was released on 2008-09-20. You probably want to get a newer version from the download page.

This is not a "release candidate" or "beta." This is the real deal -- hopefully the last installment in the 1.3 series. Wh