Maya 3D Shockwave Exporter is available on the Windows platform only. Great graphics and fast interaction—these are the goals when creating 3D content on the Web. This tutorial describes how to balance these goals when using Maya’s Shockwave 3D Exporter. This tutorial assumes you have Maya experience, but not Macromedia Director 8.5 experience. Do not expect great art from this tutorial; the focus is on learning the exporter and optimizing your scenes for export. Loading Maya Shockwave 3D exporter Before you begin, load the Maya Shockwave 3D Exporter plug-in. 1 Start Maya. 2 Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager. The Plug-in Manager window opens. 3 Locate MayaShockwave3DExporter.mll and turn on Loaded.
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