Even if the directConnect plug-in is set to Loaded in Maya's Plug-in Manager, IGES and STEP files may still fail to import into Maya.
Sometimes you get an error message, sometimes Fcheck will open. Either way, your model fails to load properly.
The reason is that the application responsible for converting the IGES/STEP file has not been installed.
To solve the issue, please ensure that DirectConnect 2.0 is installed on your computer; you can download it from the following link:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?linkID=9242259&id=15012100&siteID=123112
- Download the appropriate DirectConnect file for your operating system
- Follow the install instructions
- Restart Maya
- Check the Maya plug-in directConnect is set to Loaded
- Import your IGES/STEP file
The Maya plug in does not convert the file data, but communicates with Direct Connect 2.0 to import the data in a Maya-friendly format.
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Bit of a hunt but here it is http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=14561470
For whenever you update the link...
Posted by: Chris | 27/10/2010 at 08:22 AM
link update link seconded, thirded...whichever-
Posted by: Josh | 07/09/2010 at 05:35 AM
please update the link!
Posted by: Tom | 10/05/2010 at 02:30 AM
The link is again non functional. Could you please update it again? Thanks very much!
Posted by: Andrew | 13/04/2010 at 10:03 PM
I've updated the link, thanks for pointing that out..
Owen
Posted by: owen | 24/09/2009 at 09:02 PM
Is there an update to this - that link no longer works. I'm having this issue with importing IGS files as well.
Posted by: Raedia | 24/09/2009 at 06:33 PM
Thank you very much. This info was VERY helpful. I can now open my CAD files (^_^)
Posted by: James Hayek | 13/07/2009 at 01:44 AM