FBX Preferences

FBX transfers files from one file format to another.

In the Menu Bar, click Edit > Preferences, then on the left side of the dialog box, select Import/Export > File Type > FBX. The preferences are grouped in the Import and Export tabs found along the top. After making any changes, press Apply to apply them and Save to save the changes. To exit and ignore any changes made, click the X.

Import Tab

Set the default importing behavior for FBX files.

Tesselation

This section determines what gets tessellated.

Tessellation Quality - Sets the level of tessellation applied, with Course being the lowest tessellation and least memory intensive to High or Custom (depending on the settings) being the highest quality and most intensive.

Chord Deviation - Sets the tolerance of the distance from the NURBS surface to the tessellated surface in mm. Lower values result in more accurate polygon models but also increase the number of triangles.

Normal Tolerance - Sets the normal tolerance of adjacent triangles in degrees. Lower values result in more accurate polygon models but also increase the number of triangles.

Max Chord Length - Sets the maximum length of a triangle edge in mm. Lower values result in more accurate polygon models but also increase the number of triangles.

Enable Stitching - Enables stitching of adjacent edges.

Stitching Tolerance - Sets the tolerance in mm where two adjacent edges are considered to be touching and where they should be stitched together.

File Specific Options

This section determines which file-specific options are enabled during import.

Reduce Constant Keyframes - Reduces constant keyframes when importing FBX files.
Import Metadata - Sets the default behavior to import the metadata, instead of excluding it.

Export Tab

This section contains export options for setting the version, format, and vertex colors for the exported file and more.

File Specific Options

Contains the following file specific export options:

Cameras - Includes all existing cameras in the exported scene.
Keep Default Camera - Sets the default state for exporting default cameras (Perspective, Side, Top, and Front). It is disabled by default.
Lights - Includes all existing lights in the exported scene.
Environment Geometries - Includes the default environment geometry switch in the exported scene.
Version - Sets the version of FBX used to write the exported scene.
Format - Sets the format used in the exported scene. Choose from Binary and ASCII.
Export Vertex Colors - Includes all existing VRED ambient occlusion calculations as vertex colors in the exported scene.

Warning:

This results in unmerged triangle vertices.

Animation Options

Contains the following animation export option:

Curves - Includes all existing animation curves in the exported scene.

Geometry Options

Contains the following geometry export options:

Meshes - Sets the default behavior to export meshes, instead of excluding them.
Surfaces - Sets the default behavior of exported surfaces. Choose from keeping surfaces as surfaces or converting them into meshes.
Remove B-Sides - Sets the default behavior to remove shapes and components set as B-Sides, when enabled. VRED defines B-Sides comparable to the No Show feature in CAD software.

Export Options

Sets the default behavior for the export of other options to the FBX file.

Metadata - Includes existing metadata.