Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 214

12 | Basics Menus Reference > File > Export All, Export Selection Basics 214 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. mental images (.mi) file options See File > Export All, Export Selection (mental ray) in the Rendering guide. Move file options Attributes Type the name of an attribute in the Attributes box and click Add to add the attribute to the list of attributes to use when importing or exporting. If the attribute is already included in the list, a duplicate is not made. To remove an attribute, type the name of the attribute and click Remove. You can add several attributes at one time by separating them with a space. From Channel Box Click From Channel Box to combine all of the selected objects in Maya, in the order of their selection, with the channels selected in the Channel Box and place them in the list. For example, if sphere and cone are selected, and tx, sx are selected in the Channel Box, sphere.tx, sphere.sx, cone.tx, and cone.sx are added to the list of attribute to import and export. Remove Selected Click Remove Selected to remove all of the attributes selected in the list. Remove All Click Remove All to remove all of the attributes from the list. Precision This is ignored in file export. For file import, this sets the precision of the file. When you click import or export, the move file is written or read and only the attributes in the list are affected. Animation curve options Precision Sets the precision of the numbers stored in the file. The choices are: