How to manually install the DirectX Extensions for Alias Maya

Follow these instructions to manually install the DirectX plug-in for Maya. I used Maya 6.0.1 and DirectX 9.0 SDK (April 2005).

1. Download/Install DirectX 9.0 SDK
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/directxdownloads/default.aspx
2. Copy
   
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (April 2005)\Utilities\Bin\x86\dxcc.dll
   
   to
   
   a directory in the path (like C:\Windows\System32)
3. Copy
   
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (April 2005)\Utilities\Bin\PlugIns\Maya\Binary6\Plug-ins\D3DMaya6ExportX.mll
   
   to
   
   C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.0.1\bin\plug-ins
4. Copy
   
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (April 2005)\Utilities\Bin\PlugIns\Maya\Binary6\Scripts\*
   
   to
   
   C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.0.1\scripts\others
5. Copy
   
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (April 2005)\Utilities\Bin\PlugIns\Maya\Binary6\Icons\*
   
   to
   
   C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.0.1\icons
6. Start Maya
7. Load the DirectX plug-in
   Windows Menu -> Settings/Preferences -> Plug-in Manager...
   Make sure D3DMaya6ExportX.mll is loaded by clicking:
   
   [X] loaded
   
   You should have a DirectX Menu right before the Help menu
   Also check:
   
   [X] auto load
   
   So the plug-in will be available automatically the next time you start Maya.

For more information on the Microsoft Maya Plug-in, see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/directx9_c_dec_2004/directx/directxsdk/Tools/Content/MayaFXExporter.asp

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