Send and Execute maxscript or python from Maya to 3ds Max

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I am wondering if there is a method to connect 3ds Max and Maya. For example, I want to use a Maya plugin to send a maxscript to 3ds Max to import an fbx in 3ds max. I think it just like send to Max function in Maya, and it seems like the OneClickDispatch does similar work, but I do not how OneClickDispatch sends the script to 3ds max and execute it. Does anyone know how to do it?

Thanks!

The easiest way to do this IN to Maya is to write a script to a temp location, use a socket to connect to Maya's listen port and use python/mel to execute the commands in the temp script file. I can only assume something similar would work for Max, but have no first-hand knowledge there — itypewithmyhands
If this is just a personal productivity tool for yourself, you might be satisfied with something stupendously basic. Instead of messing around with sockets for communication, why not simply have a script that has a timer which periodically looks for a file somewhere? The contents of the file could perhaps just contain the path to the FBX you want to import. — paddy

Rafal Zera Rafal Zera · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-17T18:59:13

For example SublimeEditor is doing it by finding 3dsMax window handle, then is finding handle of childwindow "Scintilla" - maxscript listener, send text there, like filein @"X:\location\to\your\temp\script" and then return char - should be easy to snitch from Sublime, otherwise you have to be quite familiar with Windows ShellApi

Send and Execute maxscript or python from Maya to 3ds Max

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