Maya: Importing FBX triangulates mesh! Do not want.

martynball

Hey guys, I have exported an object from 3ds max as an FBX, when I import it into Maya it triangulates the mesh, as it's a sub'd model so there are many supporting edges, when I smooth the mesh it doesn't smooth correctly, due to the triangles.

How can I stop it doing this? It would take hours to go around and remove all the edges which where added as it's a dense mesh!

Ruz

I never did find a workaround for this, I just export obj instead

Memory

I typed the soloution in another thread, here's a link to the post.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2182753&postcount=4

Quack!

Don't check the "Triangulate" box in the FBX export settings?

bugo

the mesh being imported is probably already triangulated coming from the exporter in max, you need to check your settings from there.

passerby

I remember if you have max trying to maintain its turned edges in fbx it will also just triangulate it all as well

martynball

Thank's guys! Followed Memory's post and it worked!