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Export the selected objects to a file. |
Select File > Export Selection. |
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Export the scene to a specific file format. |
Select File > Export All. |
Note:
- The mayaAscii and mayaBinary file formats are the only ones that preserve all the information contained within your scene. Setting the output format for an export using the
Export Options box will change your default export format for the current and subsequent export operations. If you set the output format to something other then mayaAscii or mayaBinary and export using that format and then quit without saving the entire file then you can lose data.
Always check the export type in the export file browser to ensure you are writing the file using the expected file format.
- To save scene data as OBJ or DXF, which are file formats not native to Maya, you must load a specific a plug-in. See objExport.mll and ATFPlugin.mll in List of plug-ins included with Maya and Load or unload Maya plug-ins.