{"id":4203,"date":"2021-02-26T10:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T10:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:51:41","slug":"fbx-import-imvu-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/fbx-import-imvu-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"FBX Import & IMVU Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Important<\/b>: as IMVU Studio is in active development some features may change names, locations or functionality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Currently IMVU Studio<\/a> provides a number of ways to import assets into a project. For FBX<\/b> files, once a base product has been derived, this can be done clicking the ‘hamburger’ icon upper-left [1] of the open project\/product editor, then on File<\/b>, Import FBX<\/b> [2] – \u039e \u00bb File \u00bb Import FBX<\/b>. This opens the standard file browser (titled Import FBX…<\/b>) where an FBX file can be selected and loaded clicking Open<\/b> bottom-right.<\/p>\n

\"Importing<\/a>
\nIMVU Studio can import files a number of ways. To import an FBX click the ‘hamburger’ icon [1] then select File<\/b>, Import FBX<\/b> [2]. Browse to and select an FBX then click Open<\/b> to begin the import and conversion process.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Quick-access<\/a>
\nIMVU Studio also provides a ‘quick access’ button [3] with an Import FBX [4] option. Clicking this initiates the same process as using the File menu option.<\/i><\/p>\n

Design note<\/b>: once an FBX is loaded the first of several FBX Import Settings<\/b> ‘screens’ appears, initially an overview of the FBX and its discoverable contents. Next will be screens to check each component separately; Skeleton & Mesh, Material, Animation then finally Review and Import. When using the IMVU Starter Files for Blender<\/a>, in Skeleton & Mesh be sure to set Scale<\/b> to 0.01<\/b> [5] (from 1.0) and click the ‘skeleton’ drop down to select the correct skeleton from the list [6]. Check the corresponding Mesh shown then continue the process.<\/p>\n

Important<\/b>: when selecting or setting the projects skeleton there may be a several items may be listed, typically the one with the lowest number of bones should be selected however, this may change depending on the product type and Starter File used.<\/div>\n

\"Setting<\/a>
\nWhen using the Starter File for Blender make sure to set the Scale value to 0.01 [5], this is important to ensure assets are appropriately scaled relative to IMVU once converted, and that they are associated with the correct skeleton [6] to function properly.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Assets<\/a>
\nOnce Studio has successfully imported and converted the FBX file its contents will be listed in the Assets<\/b> panel [7] (left side) with an items properties shown in the Inspector<\/b> [8] (right) ready for further editing.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[451,203,452,738],"class_list":["post-4203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-blender-to-imvu","tag-fbx","tag-imvu-fbx","tag-imvu-studio"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203","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=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5043,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions\/5043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}