OBJ conversion options

The following are the options for converting files to and from the OBJ file format.

Note

You can only export to FBX format when converting from OBJ format.

OBJ to FBX Source files options

The following options are available if you are converting OBJ files to the FBX format:

Option	Behavior
Add Root Node	Activate this option to add a root node to all elements of your scene in the file conversion. Doing this adds a null or dummy object at the top of the hierarchy.

OBJ to FBX Destination files options

The following options are available if you are converting OBJ files to the FBX format:

Option	Behavior
Embed Media	Activate this option to include (or embed,) all media associated with your scene in the FBX file. Note You can embed media with ASCII if you convert to the FBX 2013, 2012, and 2011 versions. The FBX Converter offers no other conversion versions that let you embed media with ASCII files.
FBX Save Mode	Select Binary to save the FBX file in the standard format. Select ASCII to save the FBX file in ASCII format.

FBX to OBJ

The following options are available if you are converting FBX files to the OBJ format:

Option	Behavior
Triangulate	Activate this option to force the conversion of quads to triangles. The FBX converter always triangulates NURBS and Patch geometries, regardless of how you set this option. The FBX Converter approximates NURBS and Patch geometry using a polygon mesh made of triangles since the OBJ format does not support NURBS or Patch geometry.
Bake Deformations	Activate this option to “bake” (or Plot) link and shape deformations on the resulting geometry.