How to Open a Maya 2011 Scene File in Pre-2011 Maya Versions

If you’ve tried to open a Maya 2011 .mb or .ma file in a previous version, most likely you have lost a lot of information. At first glance its scary because you only have the outlines of your models, even in shaded mode. Its easy to think you’ve lost all your polygons. Also, a lot of connections, like expressions, are lost.

Don’t worry, I’ve come up with a solution. Here at work, we have an older non-intel Mac which can’t … Read the rest