Paneling Tools Help

Hi Michael -

I recently saw a project you did ["Soft-Bodies Using Paneling Tools"] and I am working on a project of a similar scope and could use some advice as I am running into some issues. Like you, I am using Maya to model about 5 different components that I would like to populate across a surface.  I am using the command _ptPanel3DCustomVariable because the PatternMethod option allows me to get the Mean between two different components (I want one component to morph into the next across the surface). The problem I am running into is that when I go to select a component or "pattern surface," it is broken down into smaller polysurfaces and I cannot select the whole surface.  So my question is: What do you do to successfully export a polygon surface modeled in Maya into Rhino so that you can run the _ptPanel3DCustomVariable command and populate it across a surface?  If there are more details you can offer about how you achieved the final output of "Soft-Bodies," please enlighten me!  Thanks!

-Cat