# Guides To Curves

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## Overview

* Converts XGen description guides into curves.
* Export guides as FBX or ABC
* Rescue guides when XGen goes error.

## Extract Tab

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There are three main purpose for this tool:

1. Allows simple curve conversion from Xgen Guides to Curves
2. Allows conversion from Guide to Curves with Dynamic Link. (It will re-create the Xgen Guides for you without having to convert them from curves again).
3. Export curves as .FBX files if you are using the curves to other applications.​

For regular curve conversions, simply select all the descriptions you wish to convert. And click “Convert”.

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To convert Guides to Maya curves with Dynamic Link, click on the “Dynamic Link” check box. You can do this on multiple descriptions selected as well.

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You can also export XGen Description Guides into Curves as .FBX or .ABC to be used in other software.

* To export curves straight from Guides, select all the descriptions you would like to export as curves. Browse to a folder, and click on export.

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When export is finished, you will see the .FBX (.ABC) files created for each description.

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## **Rescue Tab**

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This is for rescuing curves from guides when you encountered the following errors:

* Sometimes when you accidentally deleted history on guides, and saved the scene. The next time you open it and try to sculpt it, error will show up.
* XGen UI does not show up, but you see XGen nodes in the outliner.

**Reconnect Guides:**

* This will reconnect the guides with lost history to their associated mesh.

**Rescue Guides:**

* If XGen nodes exists, but the XGen UI does not show up, use this function convert selected guides to curves

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