Maya FBX to MAX imports invisible

JohnnyRaptor

Hi guys

Anyone run in to this problem where importing an Maya created FBX in to Max turns up invisible once imported? It renders fine, but just doesnt show up in the viewports.

triangle counts, materials, all contents of the file is there, but its just invisible in the viewport.

Maya 2011
FBX 2011
Max 2012


any clues?

thanks

JohnnyRaptor

oh crap just realized i posted this in general...*facepalm*

can a mod please move it to tech talk?

ivanzu

Can you see the vertices when you get into the edit mode ?

JohnnyRaptor

No, cant see anything. I can select the objects in the viewport, but just see the pivot.
iv tried converting to editable poly.

iv tried applying another material to it, same thing.

Weird thing is it renders fine...

ivanzu

Is it possible for you to post the model here or at least a part of it so we can check it out?

joeriv

Just in case, since it's sound exactly like what I sometimes have:

are you maybe importing on a hidden layer? I had the problem that max decided to import on the previous layer instead of the one I just choose.

JohnnyRaptor

im sorry but cant share, since its work related.

im importing it in a clean new scene, shouldnt be on any layers

fmnoor

I don't think I've run into this issue - but I'm assuming you are making sure that you're using the same FBX version for both Maya and Max right?

In the FBX import options try setting a new namespace (file name) and uncheck Preserve references. Maybe the Maya export is linking to a bunch of stuff that is messing up the import in Max

ivanzu

Did you manage to fix it?

nathdevlin

I've had this importing an FBX into maya. Mine was due to having *best guess* as the file import type, changing it to fbx resulted in a successful import. Don't ask I've no idea why but it works.

JohnnyRaptor

not fixed yet ivanzu,

nathdevlin, im using FBX in the file import type in max (and in maya file export type obviously)

ivanzu

Does this happen every time you import fbx from maya into 3dsmax?Could you try to download blender or some other software and then import fbx inside that downloaded program and then export fbx from it and import into 3dsmax.