How to load maya scene

[gammaman]

Can someone just give me a basic idea how to load a maya scene in C++. I just need a basic idea as I don't even have the maya software yet. I just want to be reassured that I can create a 3D scene in Maya and run it in C++.

[samaursa]

You can't run the scene from Maya in C++. You need be either using OpenGL/DirectX or a 3D engine like Ogre3D to visualize the scene.

Apart from that, I have successfully loaded Maya/Max scenes through their FBX format. Loading Maya scenes directly is not a good idea, at least from my experience, as they do not provide an API for it. They do, however, provide a SDK for FBX.