FBX 2016 Z-Up fails to import on some FBX files

Tools - May 24, 2016

When using Z-up for Axis Conversion on export using FBX 2016 from a modeling program (3DS Max 2016 used for this test), this axis selection will fail to import with the warning listed below. If usin ...

Crash when reimporting fbx with import mesh LODs on

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Import and Export - Mar 30, 2022

Sockets Duplicate When Mesh is Reimported

Tools - Dec 21, 2017

When a static mesh that already has sockets created in it's original third party program is reimported into the editor, it's sockets are duplicated. Going from 10 to 20 on reimport.  ...

Re-importing an FBX with embedded media will not update the textures

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Import and Export - Nov 4, 2014

BRANCH: MAIN CHANGELIST: 2323471 PLATFORM: Windows DESCRIPTION: Creating an FBX with media embedded and later overwriting that FBX with a new file that updates the material and the mesh, only the ...

Reimport option overrides animation asset

Tools - Aug 23, 2016

When an FBX is imported with multiple animations, selecting any animation in the content browser and choosing the Reimport option will replace the selected animation with the first animation from th ...

Failed Skeletal Mesh "reimport" can cause asset to be deleted entirely

Tools - Dec 8, 2015

When you attempt to import an FBX with the same name as another asset in the same folder, it asks to overwrite it. Many users and licensees use this method over our "Reimport" options because there ...

Exporting and Reimporting static mesh created from BSP brush crashes editor

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Import and Export - Apr 12, 2016

Editor crashes if a bsp brush is turned into a static mesh, then that static mesh is exported from the editor and reimported. Frequency: 3/3 Crashreporter: [Link Removed] Regression? (Yes), issu ...

Crash reimporting a skeletal mesh with less Material IDs than on first import

NOTE: Does not occur in 4.16, entered this to find a fix for licensee to integrate. Error message: Assertion failed: (Index >= 0) & (Index < ArrayNum) [Link Removed] [Line: 633] Array index out o ...