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FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by nuverian » 08 Jun 2012, 14:17

I am loosing some sanity here trying to import an FBX (which is exported from MAX) to alter it and then export it as an FBX again but having exactly the same names on nodes.
I seem impossible to do this due to the naming convertion that fbx does on import.

Does anyone here happen to know how to export clean names. I find this totaly dumb.

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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by nuverian » 11 Jun 2012, 09:47

thanks for reply.
Well, crosswalk is the only possible way to import the FBX in a ny case, so yes I've tried useing crossw. :p
The problem is that is changes the names on import and on exporting the FBX
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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by myara » 11 Jun 2012, 10:10

I think he meant Crosswalk format, dotXSI
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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by nuverian » 11 Jun 2012, 10:40

Yes probably, but i don't have a dotXSI file. I have an FBX that have to import ;)
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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by Hirazi Blue » 11 Jun 2012, 11:09

It's highly unrecommended by Autodesk, but wouldn't it be possible to export the FBX from Softimage as an ASCII and edit the names by hand. BTW I have no idea, how complex this would be and again: it's officially unrecommended by Autodesk, but maybe as a last option?
Probably a silly idea, so proceed at own risk... ;)
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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by luceric » 11 Jun 2012, 14:10

myara wrote:I think he meant Crosswalk format, dotXSI
right, the crosswalk plugin for Max instead of FBX.

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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by grahamef » 11 Jun 2012, 18:51

luceric wrote:right, the crosswalk plugin for Max instead of FBX.
Exactly, the Crosswalk plugin for Max. That's why I provided the link for download.

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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by myara » 11 Jun 2012, 19:10

If you have only an FBX file and not the original 3DSMax file, then I think you don't have any other solution but to rename it manually.
Is that what you were trying to say?
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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by nuverian » 12 Jun 2012, 00:55

Thanks for replies.
Yes, I only have the exporter FBX. That is what i mean and why its hard :-)
So i guess it's notepad++ for me :/
Aaaarg..silly things
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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by grahamef » 12 Jun 2012, 16:47

nuverian wrote:Thanks for replies.
Yes, I only have the exporter FBX. That is what i mean and why its hard :-)
So i guess it's notepad++ for me :/
Aaaarg..silly things
Ah, sorry. When you said it was exported from Max I thought that meant you exported it yourself.

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Re: FBX name conventions? or what?

Post by nuverian » 13 Jun 2012, 21:17

Unfortunately I didn't. Or fortunately if you think that I didn't have to use MAX ;)
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