Can I Turn Off Display Layer Export/Import

The 3ds Max FBX Plug-in display layer support is not shown anywhere in the FBX Plug-in interface because the plug-in does not need user input to execute this process. This is because the plug-in assumes if there are display layers included with the file, they are needed. There are no scripting options to disable the FBX layer support.

If you still want to export without the display layers being considered by the FBX plug-in, you must collapse the layers in the 3ds Max scene.

To collapse 3ds Max layers:

This example is for a scene with multiple objects and layers, such as 3 objects with 3 layers (one object in each).

1. Select all objects in the scene.
2. Select the Display Layer 0 in the Layer Manager, and click the plus sign that adds all selected objects to the selected layer.
3. Then delete each display layer, one by one, to eliminate the layers from being exported. (3ds Max does not allow multiple layers to be deleted at once.)