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    Importing an FBX file with Animation into Blender

    Question Modeling
    deepakj

    Hi,

    I have an FBX file with a Knight character and an Idle Animation defined on it. The Knight Character looks upright in the FBX File as shown below.

    Knight.png

    When I import the FBX file into Blender, It looks mangled as shown below:

    KnightMangled.png

    What settings do I use in Blender for the character to appear upright as in the FBX File?

    Both the files could be found at: https://we.tl/t-HutVPQ45mk

    Note: I am using Blender 3.0.0

    Thank you.


    Reply
    • Adrian Bellworthy replied

      When importing into Blender the .fbx file should contain orientation data.
      Manual Orientation should be disabled (default) in the import settings to use the data in the .fbx file.
      If you are having issues, you may need to enable Manual Orientation and specify orientations.

      What I set below is Blender specific orientation, what you use may be different, depending in which software the model was originates from.

      Import_FBX.png

    • Adrian Bellworthy replied

      I downloaded the model you supplied,
      The model imported OK for me with the default settings, however the bone orientations where a bit messed up.

      The best setting I found is, all default, except under Armature enable Automatic Bone Orientation.

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      deepakj replied

      Hi Adrian,

      Here is a snapshot of my import settings:

      Snapshot.png

      The Manual Orientation is disabled, and the Automatic Bone Orientation is checked, but still I get the following

      Snapshot 2.png

      I was wondering if you had an opportunity to import from the provided FBX file and if so, could you please send a snapshot of the import settings that worked for you. Also the version of Blender.

      Thank you.

    • Martin Bergwerf replied
      Solution

      Hi ddeepakj ,

      I have no experience with Import/Export, but I tested your .fbx in 2.93, 3.0, 3.1, 3.3 and couldn't get it to work as it should.

      But in 3.6 all was as you'd expect (default settings, with auto bone enabled):

      Import.png


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      deepakj replied

      Thank you so much Martin. I've tried various import settings but it didn't cross my mind to try a different version of Blender. I just tried it with Blender 3.6.0 and it works. 

      Snapshot 3.png

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