Contents
Autodesk Maya FBX Plug-in Help
Copyright
Maya FBX Plug-in What’s New
What’s new in this version
Export Selection functionality
Enhanced hardware shader
support
Enhanced Tangent type support
Queryable FBX plug-in commands
Camera image plane export/import
support
Displacement Map export/import
support
Normal Map export/import
support
Tangents and Binormals
support
Use scene name
Generate log data
Known limitations for this
version
Cluster import
Invalid property character
Scale compensation
Conversion support
File textures, procedural,
and map channels
Camera support
Light support
Custom properties
Level of Detail group nodes
Installing the Maya FBX Plug-in
Windows installation
Macintosh installation
Linux installation
Downloading the Maya FBX Plug-in
Checking your version number
FBX Plug-in UI
Plug-in menu bar
Edit
Creating a custom preset
Editing a preset
Storing presets
Edit mode options
Help
Web updates
Export/Import or Close
Export
Exporting from Maya to
an FBX file
Export presets
Autodesk Media & Entertainment preset
Edit/Save preset
Statistics
Include
Geometry
Input connections
Edge Smoothing
Split per-vertex normals
Convert to Null objects
Convert NURBS surface to
Tangents and Binormals
Animation
Bake animation
Deformations
Curve filters
Constant key reducer
Use scene name
Geometry cache file(s)
Constraint
Character definition
Quaternion interpolation mode
Referenced containers content
Instances to objects
Cameras
Lights
Embed media
Advanced options
Units
Scale Factor
Scene units converted to
Axis conversion
UI
Show/Hide Warning Manager
Generate log data
Show/Hide UI
FBX file format
Type
FBX version
Collada
Import
Importing FBX files into
Maya
Import presets
Autodesk Media &
Entertainment preset
Edit/Save preset
Statistics
Include
Geometry
Edge Smoothing
Combine per-vertex Normals
Override Normals lock
File content
Animation
Deformations
Animation Take
Fill timeline
Bake animation layers
Optical markers
Constraints
Character definition
Quaternion interpolation
mode
Protect driven keys
Deforming elements to
joints
Update pivots from Nulls
Geometry cache file(s)
Cameras
Lights
Advanced options
Units
Scale Factor
File units converted
to
Axis conversion
UI
Show/Hide Warning Manager
Generate log data
Show/Hide UI
Maya FBX Plug-ins Workflows
IFFFS
MotionBuilder layers support
Camera interoperability limitations
Quads vs. Triangles
Renaming strategy
Maya MEL Scripting
Export commands
FBXExport
FBXExportAnimationOnly
FBXExportApplyConstantKeyReducer
FBXExportAxisConversionMethod
FBXExportBakeComplexAnimation
FBXExportBakeComplexEnd
FBXExportBakeComplexStart
FBXExportBakeComplexStep
FBXExportCacheFile
FBXExportCameras
FBXExportCharacter
FBXExportColladaFrameRate
FBXExportColladaSingleMatrix
FBXExportColladaTriangulate
FBXExportConstraints
FBXExportConvert2Tif
FBXExportDxfTriangulate
FBXExportDxfDeformation
FBXExportEdgeSmoothing
FBXExportEmbeddedTextures
FBXExportFileVersion
FBXExportGenerateLog
FBXExportHardEdges
FBXExportInAscii
FBXExportInputConnections
FBXExportInstances
FBXExportLights
FBXExportQuaternion
FBXExportQuickSelectSetAsCache
FBXExportReferencedContainersContent
FBXExportScaleFactor
FBXExportShapes
FBXExportSkins
FBXExportUpAxis
FBXExportUseSceneName
FBXExportTangents
FBXImport
FBXImportAxisConversionEnable
FBXImportCacheFile
FBXImportCameras
FBXImportCharacter
FBXImportConstraints
FBXImportConvertDeformingNullsToJoint
FBXImportDxfWeldVertice
FBXImportDxfReferenceNode
FBXImportDxfObjectDerivation
FBXImportEdgeSmoothing
FBXImportFillTimeline
FBXImportGenerateLog
FBXImportHardEdges
FBXImportLights
FBXImportMergeBackNullPivots
FBXImportMergeAnimationLayers
FBXImportMode
FBXImportOverrideNormalsLock
FBXImportProtectDrivenKeys
FBXImportQuaternion
FBXImportRemoveBadPolysFromMeshes
FBXImportResamplingRateSource
FBXImportScaleFactorEnable
FBXImportScaleFactor
FBXImportSetMayaFrameRate
FBXImportSetLockedAttribute
FBXImportShapes
FBXImportSkins
FBXImportUpAxis
FBXConvertUnitString
FBXGetTakeComment
FBXGetTakeCount
FBXGetTakeIndex
FBXGetTakeLocalTimeSpan
FBXGetTakeName
FBXGetTakeReferenceTimeSpan
FBXLoadExportPresetFile
FBXLoadImportPresetFile
FBXRead
FBXResetImport
FBXResetExport
FBXResamplingRate
Maya FBX Plug-in glossary