topic Re: Exporting FBX Thumbnail missing in Maya Forum

Exporting FBX Thumbnail missing

seanbyrneW73YP — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:09:42 GMT

With Maya 2022.2 I've lost the option to export a selected object with a thumbnail when making your own little asset library. What's happened? The was usually an option for FBX Export that is now just Fbx.

Re: Exporting FBX Thumbnail missing

brian.kramer — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:09:35 GMT

I notice that in the File type menu you have selected "Fbx", however when the fbxmaya plug-in is loaded correctly the value in the option menu should be "FBX export".

Using Windows > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager try unloading the fbxmaya plug-in and then reloading it. Perhaps even restarting Maya between the unload and reload.

Re: Exporting FBX Thumbnail missing

brian.kramer — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:07:41 GMT

This is a known issue.

The current workaround is to open Windows > Settings/Preferences > Preferences. Choose Files/Projects from the list and then under File Dialog set the Dialog style: to Maya default.

Open the Plug-in Manager and unload then reload the fbxmaya plug-in.

The Export Selection option box should now display in the File type menu menu a value of "FBX export" instead of "Fbx" and the Thumbnail/Playblast options will be displayed.

Re: Exporting FBX Thumbnail missing

seanbyrneW73YP — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:55:51 GMT

Wow this was so annoying and yet such a simple fix, thanks!

Re: Exporting FBX Thumbnail missing

david_katz9S8G — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 20:55:24 GMT

Ironically the fix for me was the opposite, changing the setting back from Maya to OS Native. Thank you for showing me these settings.

Re: Exporting FBX Thumbnail missing

robszczerba — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:35:22 GMT

Looks like this bug is back again in 2025.2.

i switched to Win OS file browser as external hard drives weren’t being picked up by Maya.

So an unexpected side effect is FBX Export disappears…