Is there a way to specify the unit of measurement when importing an FBX file?

[itchytoes]

Hi 

I am trying to import an .FBX file created in blender, and I want to continue using the "blender unit", which I wish to represent as 1 mm.  When I import the FBX file into Fusion it assumes the unit is 1 m, so I have to scale down the body later, but I have to do it after it is converted to a body in model mode.    Is there a way to import an FBX file and specify that my units are mm units?

If not, is there a way to scale a t-spline body in sculpt mode?   

Thanks

Betty

[Beyondforce]

Hi @itchytoes,

Here you go:

Cheers / Ben
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[daniel_lyall]

@itchytoes The upload of files are not very unit sensitive, some files when uploaded come in as meters or cm , or if inch can be the wrong unit as well.

If you can, If you bring the files in as what the fusion uploader converts them to they usually stick to that unit then you can just change units but not all the time (it can convert them as a unit conversion 1m to 1000mm). 

It's one of the areas that need more work there are a lot of unit people use so it's a hard one what will always be wrong for some one

[itchytoes]

Hi -

Thanks for your replies.   I believe that the actual unit of measurement is not an issue, since it does show as mm.    The scale of the units is the issue.

My blender FDX export files are in non-specific blender units, and each unit is being converted to 1000 mm,  or 1 m.  I was wondering if there was a way to specify that each incoming unit represents 1 mm, and not 1 m so that I don't have to scale anything down.

Betty

[daniel_lyall]

No you cant pre set it with the upload menu, It comes in how they set it in the code, You could add this to the idea sation.