Opening an .fbx file

This topic describes how to open (or load) .fbx files created or modified in MotionBuilder and other software.

There are two ways to open .fbx files:

To open an .fbx file:

1. Select File > Open from the MotionBuilder menu bar.

   The Open File dialog box appears.

   

   Open File dialog box

2. Using the Open File browser, select a file and click Open.

   The Open Options dialog box appears.

   

3. Disable any elements of the file you do not want to load with the file.
4. Activate Apply Namespace if you want to prepend a namespace to objects included in the incoming file.
5. Click Open.

   The file loads in MotionBuilder.

   See Open Options dialog.

To open an .fbx motion file:

1. Select File > Motion File Import from the MotionBuilder menu bar.

   The Import Files dialog box appears.

   

   Import Files dialog

   NoteThe directory displayed in the Import Files dialog box is the directory you last opened.

2. Using the Import Files browser, select a file and click Open.

   The Import Options dialog box appears.

   

   Import Options dialog box

   Depending on the file format you select, you may be importing motion data, a skeleton structure, or scenes. The file format also determines the import options and dialog boxes that appear. See Import Options dialog box.

3. Choose your import options and click Import.

   The file loads in MotionBuilder.

• To open other 3D file types, see Opening a file from another 3D package.
• To open a motion capture file, see Importing a motion capture (MoCap) file.
• To open a file into a scene, see Merging FBX assets, scene elements, animation, settings, and takes.

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