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- MTL-file contains MATERIALS, it’s Alias/WaveFront Material – File Format
Autodesk Maya 2011 – OBJ import with textures
When you have problems in Maya 2011 with import of textures when you importing OBJ-file into Maya, problem is in MTL file. OBJ with MTL are very old file-formats.
You can have textures paths correct, but when your MTL-file not contain Ns exponent for every material, then no textures are imported. It’s a bug in Maya OBJ parser.
Ns exponent: Specifies the specular exponent for the current material. This defines the focus of the specular highlight. “exponent” is the value for the specular exponent. A high exponent results in a tight, concentrated highlight. Ns values normally range from 0 to 1000.
# example.mtl
newmtl material_356
Kd 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
Ns 1
illum 0
map_Kd texture.tga
Here you can find thread about this problem on area.autodesk.com.
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January 13th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
I had a problem importing textures with a Wavefront file as well,
however my problem was that the importer saw fit do delete all the directory separators,
i.e., “C:\Users\Shawn\Documents\Final_Fantasy_XIII_Models\Vanille\c595_03.tga”
became “C:UsersShawnDocumentsFinal_Fantasy_XIII_ModelsVanillec595_03.tga”.
Luckily, she only has 3 textures. I just corrected it in the attribute editor.
Also, everything looks perfectly fine in the mtl file so it’s definitely the importer.
July 21st, 2011 at 5:28 pm
In Maya 2012 I have had success using forward-slash paths, ie “c:/path/to/file.png”…
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:24 am
You both talking about problems with paths, but i am talking about problem in Maya. It’s a bug in Maya OBJ parsing.
November 3rd, 2015 at 9:12 am
how to solve this then?