FBX Importing of animation not working #42625

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Keen Foong · 2014-11-17T11:56:05+01:00

Keen Foong commented

2014-11-17 11:56:05 +01:00

System Information
Windows 7 Pro x64
Geforce GTX 580

Blender Version
Broken: c7eefb

Not sure if I can report this here but doing a quick search looks like animation for FBX was working before. I'm trying to export a simple animation from Maya 2014 so I can bring into Blender to continue working in Blender. At this rate we my have to drop blender out of the pipeline and I dont want that D=

In this FBX, there's a simple animation of a cube moving left to right. It is baked down to every keyframe which is about 24 key frames. I've exported it out with Maya with different versions:
CubeMove-Maya2011.fbx
CubeMove-Maya2012.fbx
CubeMove-Maya2013.fbx
CubeMove-Maya2014.fbx

I've tested that the animation works by reimporting into maya for all versions. When importing into Blender, the model imports, but there is no animation.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Import the above FBX with the default values.

Note: If you want to test the animation to see if it works for yourself, you can open it up in Unity Free.
(Instructions to test out animation in Unity 3D)

Create a new Project
Drag the files into the Assets
Click on one and Press Play in the Inspector.
You should see it animate by moving.

I've tested it out for all the animations and they work in Unity.

I apologize if this is a known issue, but my team has always been skeptical of Blender while I've always tried to push Blender into production. I finally get a chance, but I cant get the FBX to import animation! As you'd imagine it puts me in a very difficult position!

**System Information** Windows 7 Pro x64 Geforce GTX 580 **Blender Version** Broken: c7eefb Not sure if I can report this here but doing a quick search looks like animation for FBX was working before. I'm trying to export a simple animation from Maya 2014 so I can bring into Blender to continue working in Blender. At this rate we my have to drop blender out of the pipeline and I dont want that D= In this FBX, there's a simple animation of a cube moving left to right. It is baked down to every keyframe which is about 24 key frames. I've exported it out with Maya with different versions: [CubeMove-Maya2011.fbx](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F124429/CubeMove-Maya2011.fbx) [CubeMove-Maya2012.fbx](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F124430/CubeMove-Maya2012.fbx) [CubeMove-Maya2013.fbx](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F124431/CubeMove-Maya2013.fbx) [CubeMove-Maya2014.fbx](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F124432/CubeMove-Maya2014.fbx) I've tested that the animation works by reimporting into maya for all versions. When importing into Blender, the model imports, but there is no animation. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Import the above FBX with the default values. Note: If you want to test the animation to see if it works for yourself, you can open it up in Unity Free. (Instructions to test out animation in Unity 3D) - Create a new Project - Drag the files into the Assets - Click on one and Press Play in the Inspector. - You should see it animate by moving. I've tested it out for all the animations and they work in Unity. I apologize if this is a known issue, but my team has always been skeptical of Blender while I've always tried to push Blender into production. I finally get a chance, but I cant get the FBX to import animation! As you'd imagine it puts me in a very difficult position!

Keen Foong commented

2014-11-17 11:56:05 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Keen Foong commented

2014-11-17 11:56:05 +01:00

Added subscriber: @kfoong

Keen Foong commented

2014-11-17 11:57:21 +01:00

I meant to put in c77eefb for the Blender version I'm using.

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-11-17 12:28:26 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2014-11-17 12:28:26 +01:00

Bastien Montagne self-assigned this 2014-11-17 12:28:26 +01:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-11-17 12:28:26 +01:00

Thanks for the report, but imported actions are not currently automatically linked to relevant data by the importer (just updated status page about that), so you have to link them by hand.

To do this automatically, at least in simple cases, is on my TODO list, but this is not considered a bug currently.

Thanks for the report, but imported actions are not currently automatically linked to relevant data by the importer (just updated [status page](http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Import-Export/Autodesk_FBX#7.x_Bin_Importer) about that), so you have to link them by hand. To do this automatically, at least in simple cases, is on my TODO list, but this is not considered a bug currently.

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FBX Importing of animation not working #42625