What software are you exporting from?

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MuS@shiROth

what are you trying to export to? What application?

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I'm using max 9 and trying to export to its .3ds format.
I export it and import it back just to see if everything is there but it's not...no bones, just geometry that represents them.

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Did you try to save your Bone/Biped in a bip file? having the mesh in one file and the biped in another? What are you trying to achieve?

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MuS@shiROth

no, I didn't try that, doesn't 3ds save skeleton as well?
just trying to save my model in 3ds format, that's all.
haven't worked with 3ds yet.

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I'm fairly sure .3ds can only save geometry and keyframes, you'll have to find another format, maybe even need a script/plugin to do it.

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does max have a file format for skeleton? I have a .max file. How can I export the whole model?

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.3ds will save the heirachy of your bones but not the IK solvers etc..The only one I know of that can export things like bones and skin mods etc. is .FBX format.
Another option if you are just rendering somewhere else would be to bake your animation into a pointcache then you just have a deforming mesh which is much faster to work with than the whole rig. great for rendering multiple characters in the same scene.

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