source: OGRE/trunk/ogrenew/Tools/MayaExport/INSTALL.txt @ 692

This is the plugin for exporting from Maya 6.5 to OGRE mesh and skeleton formats.

Copy ogreExporter.mll to your maya plug-ins directory (I.E.: C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.5\bin\plug-ins)

Copy all files from the scripts directory to your maya scripts directory 
(I.E.: C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\maya\6.5\scripts)

Copy OgreXMLConverter.exe and related dlls to your maya scripts directory (same as above)

If you already have a userSetup.mel in your scripts folder, then copy and paste to append content from this 
userSetup.mel to the existing one.

For any help or comments check the OGRE forum or e-mail to fra.giordana@tiscali.it


The exporter can now be used safely via script, here's the syntax:

ogreExport      generalOptions 

                ["-mesh" meshFilename meshOptions]
                        export mesh to .mesh.xml file [optional]

                ["-mat" matFilename matOptions]
                        export materials to .material file [optional]

                ["-skel" skelFilename]
                        export skeleton to .skeleton.xml file [optional]
        
                ["-anims" animsOptions ["-clip" clipName clipOptions] ["-clip" ...] [...] ]
                        export skeleton animations to the .skeleton.xml file 
                        [optional, requires -skel]

                ["-particles" particlesFilename]
                        export particles to .particle file


generalOptions:
        "-sel" | "-all"         export whole scene or only selected objects
        "-world" | "-obj"       export in world or object coordinates
        
meshOptions:
        ["-shared"]             export using shared geometry [optional]
        ["-v"]                  export vertex bone assignements [optional]
        ["-n"]                  export vertex normals
        ["-c" | "-cw"]          export vertex colours [-c] or export vertex colours as white [-cw]  [optional]
        ["-t"]                  export texture coordinates [optional]

matOptions:
        ["-matPrefix" prefix]   add prefix to all exported materials names [optional]
        ["-copyTex" outDir]     copy textures used in the exported materials to outDir [optional]
        ["-lightOff"]           export materials with lighting off [optional]

animsOptions:
        "-np" ( "curFrame" | "bindPose" | "frame" n )   specify neutral pose, can be current frame or bind pose or specified frame

clipOptions:
        "startEnd" s e ("frames" | "seconds") | "timeSlider"    specify clip range with start/end time or use time slider range