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The plugin adds an MXS Import page to C4D's Import/Export Preferences.
Options
Maxwell MXS files contain mesh geometry in a meter-sized scale; depending on the scale you have set in C4D's Units Preferences, you may need to scale your MXS imports by some factor, and this is done using the Scale Factor parameter; all geometry will be scaled by this amount (i.e. scaled up 1000x in the screenshot above) when it is imported.
Maxwell MXS files use the concept of a currently-selected camera; when an MXS is imported, it is this camera which will be used to define C4D's Render Settings. Using the Selected Camera parameter, it is possible to override the camera selected in the MXS and use another one.
Filtering
Using the parameters in this group, it is possible to define what should and what should not be imported from MXS files.
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The first four are fairly self-explanatory. The last two use string-matching on the provided list to accomplish their function. So, given the value for Meshes to include shown above, only meshes whose names begin with cube and sphere will be imported. That is to say, objects with names such as cube1, cube.1, cubeAnything, sphereLight, etc.
Other
The Import Commands (CSV) parameter is a variable-length list of strings, separated by commas, which represent other commands that the plugin will use to tailor the created C4D document during MXS import. Currently, only three import commands are supported:
| Parameter | Description |
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| norender | Specifies that Render Settings > Regular Image will be disabled in the document. |
| motionvector | Specifies that Motion Vector should be enabled in Multi-Pass. |
| objectid | Specifies that Object ID should be enabled in Multi-Pass. |
Notes
The parameters presented above are also available when opening an MXS file with C4D via the command-line. Their names in this case are only slightly different, but their functions are the same:
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Also note that currently, normals are not imported from the MXS file; they are calculated by C4D after the geometry has been imported. Also not currently supported for import are instances, and material selections.