Import a VRML2 file using wrl2ma

The wrl2ma stand-alone program lets you convert VRML2 files to Maya ASCII.

The vrml2 importers include:

(Linux and Mac OS X) wrl2ma

(Windows) wrl2ma.exe

The conversion includes:

geometry
normals
texture coordinates
color per vertex
shader parameters (Lambert and Phong)
texture file references (in-line textures are not supported)
NoteAnimation is not supported with this version.

To use wrl2ma

Specify the input .wrl file and the output .ma file, and also specify the extensions you want.

For example, type something similar to the following in a system shell or terminal:

wrl2ma -i Porsc911.wrl -o Porsc911.ma

This example converts the VRML file Porsc911.wrl to a Maya 2009 ASCII file named Porsc911.ma. The command provides the following options:

Options	What it does
-h	Prints the help file
-i <inputFile>	Specifies the input file to convert
-o <outputFile>	Specifies the output file to save to
-m	Assume input file was output by Maya
-v	Prints verbose messages
-d	Uses a debugging aid to see how the libvrml97 scene parser parses the original VRML file.