{"id":10367,"date":"2026-03-10T14:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=10367"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:43:10","slug":"fbx-batch-object-export-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/fbx-batch-object-export-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Script to Batch Export Objects to FBX for Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef6dcf7a8bb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef6dcf7a8bb\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/fbx-batch-object-export-script\/#usage\" >Usage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/fbx-batch-object-export-script\/#scene-setup\" >Scene setup<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Although Blenders FBX export feature (File \u00bb Export \u00bb FBX) can <strong>batch export<\/strong> the contents of a scene, its limited in what it actually does; it collates objects together, exporting everything as a single FBX file per Collection &#8211; it cannot individualise the contents of a Collection so won&#8217;t export them as separate (numerous) FBX files. To solve this issue the simple *.py script below can be used.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p><b>Download<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/blender\/KatsBits FBX Batcher.zip\">KatsBits FBX Batcher<\/a> (c. 10 KB | *.py).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"usage\"><\/span>Usage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>To use the script; in <strong>Scripting Workspace<\/strong>, from the <strong>Text<\/strong> menu of the Text Editor, select <strong>Open<\/strong> (<strong><em>Text \u00bb Open<\/em><\/strong>) or drag-and-drop the *.py script. Alternatively copy\/paste the script into a New text instance.<\/p>\n<p>With script loaded, edit &#8220;<strong>collection_name<\/strong>&#8221; to match the scene Collection the contents of which are to be exported, e.g., &#8220;<strong>Debris 8<\/strong>&#8220;, this directs the script to look <em>only<\/em> at that Collection and its contents.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier; border-left-width:4px; border-left-color:#00DD46;\"><p>collection_name = &#8220;Debris 8&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next, edit &#8220;<strong>export_path<\/strong>&#8221; to point to the location FBX files are to be saved e.g., &#8220;<strong>C:\\Models\\Parts\\<\/strong>&#8220;. Save the Blender file to ensure changes are locked in, then click the <strong>Run Script<\/strong> (play) button to execute.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><strong>Important<\/strong>: ensure the file\/directory path is contained within the start and end quotes, i.e., &#8220;[here]&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #e7faea; color: #000; font-family: courier; border-left-width:4px; border-left-color:#00DD46;\"><p>export_path = r&#8221;C:\\Models\\Parts\\&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"scene-setup\"><\/span>Scene setup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As the script exports everything that&#8217;s in a Collection, ensure objects to be excluded are (temporarily) moved before running the script. Alternatively (temporarily) move meshes to be exported into a dedicated &#8216;export&#8217; folder and run the script against that. The script also assumes typical export properties, that <strong>Apply Transforms<\/strong>, <strong>Scale<\/strong>, and <strong>Modifier<\/strong>&#8216;s are wanted.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: texture and\/or image paths are written based on path\/location references set in each respective Material that may, depending on how the files are to be used, necessitate some (re)organising or re-linking assets after-the-fact.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,232,237,231],"tags":[756,203,204,103,1056,1083,796,1135,156],"class_list":["post-10367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-downloads","category-misc3d","category-tools","tag-collection","tag-fbx","tag-fbx-export","tag-materials","tag-py","tag-python","tag-scripts","tag-text-editor","tag-textures"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10367"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10384,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10367\/revisions\/10384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}