Here is an explanation of how to work with RealFlow and Maya with the collection of plug-ins provided with RealFlow pack. The RealFlow plug-ins for Maya consist of the following files: RealflowMesher.mll (or RealflowMesher.so for Maya Linux) RealflowMesher.mel sdTranslator.mll (or sdTranslator.so for Maya Linux) sdTranslatorOpts.mel RealflowParticler.mll (or RealflowParticler.so for Maya Linux) RealflowParticler.mel AERealflowEmitterTemplate.mel rf2.bmp (or rf2.xpm for Maya Linux) rflogo.bmp (or rflogo.xpm for Maya Linux) cubos.bmp (or cubos.xpm for Maya Linux) Send Plug-in questions to maya@nextlimit.com Installation To install the plug-ins, uncompress rf_plugins_mayaX_X_win.zip (or rf_plugins_mayaX_X_Linux.tar.gz for Maya Linux).

You will have the files listed previously. Copy all the *.mll (or *.so) files to /Maya/bin/plug-ins, and all the *.mel files to /Maya/scripts/others except AERealflowEmitterTemplate.mel, you have to copy this file to /Maya/scripts/AETemplates. Finally copy the *.bmp (or *.xpm) files to /Maya/scripts/others. Important: If you have previous versions of the Maya® RealFlow® plug-ins you have to get rid of them. Just remove the following lines from /Maya/scripts/startup/userSetup.mel:

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