There´s loads of differences between FBX 2014 and FBX2016, also there´s
the send to Maya option
and the location of your folder for embedded media that could do things
unwanted.
All that said, you might have a look at your File Format>Embed Textures
settings, maybe there is something
you wouldn´t want to happen?
http://docs.autodesk.com/SI/2015/ENU/#!/url=./files/dataman_xwalk_props_ExportFBXOptionsDialogBox.htm
Another thing could be the fbx check for bad polygons that would modify
data exported.
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2015/ENU/?guid=Data_Exchange
And there´s always the chance you set the wrong type of Euler vs
Quaternion interpretation/conversion
worth double checking the help files for.
In case you are using HIK, the Skeleton Definition export seems to be
broken on export in FBX 2015+ or at least
it doesn´t come enabled with the default Autodesk M&E preset, might be
worth checking if the Motionbuilder
Preset gives you a better starting point to bounce data back and forth,
depending on FBX plug-in version, task, etc.
It may sound anal to do but imho it´s best to have a TD set up a custom
preset for the *.fbx dialog in both Softimage
and Maya and force the artists to use that from then on. It´s even
possible to make it a button and suppress any dialog.
If that would make you feel cornered, imagine yourself debugging 10
different files with different settings...
Better have a TD read through things and run a test to make sure things
are solid.
I would suggest to also export and re-import to check for what actually
happens to animation data. Can be a surprise, too...
The *.fbx container format has grown so big, it´s almost impossible to
hit the correct setting by luck and constantly
mixing and changing settings doesn´t really help verifying that this or
that *.fbx is what it is supposed to be.
Cheers,
tim
Am 30.07.2015 um 12:16 schrieb Martin Yara:
Hi list,
I'm using SI -> FBX -> Maya more than ever and I'm having some problems.
Everytime I export a scene to FBX, it seems to change my current
Softimage data which is weird because it shouldn't change your data !
My image clips stop appearing on Texture Editor and the preview when
you double click a image clip. The Texture Editor is just gray, and
becomes very slow.
I though it would be a problem with the real time shaders we were
using but it happens with 1 texture simple Phong materials too.
I'm not sure if it's related but for some reason, effects are enabled
and can't be disabled.
I haven't noticed it before because I didn't use to keep working on my
scene after exporting, but now we are sharing WIP data with Maya users
back and forward.
Reloading and not saving after an FBX export with a custom FBX
exporter could work, but I would still have to deal with already
messed up data. I'd like a fix to the FBX broken scene instead of
prevent the problem.
The only solution I've found is to create my Image clips again and
connect them to their respective shaders. I'm thinking in automatize
this through scripting but I'm still not sure how to find the shaders
they are connected to, not other way than get the material with the
owner property and walk through all the shaders in the Material Tree
until I find the image clip.
Does anyone have found any solution to this?
The other problem are weights and Symmetry Templates. I haven't found
the source of the problem but it usually happens when I'm importing an
FBX from Maya to SI. You just can't create a Sym.Template. This is
easily solved by saving the weights and loading them again. Sometimes
re-envelope is also needed. I had this problem since ever so I'm used
to it, just adding the info in case someone is having the same problem.
Thanks,
Martin
