Need help understanding exporting without smoothing

[Anonymous]

Hello, I am just starting out in Maya and am trying to export my model while maintaining the existing hard edges without smoothing, but when I export to fbx and bring into unreal engine to check, my model has smooth edges. How can I export while maintaining the hard edges? Any extra advice helps as well. Thank you for your help.

[mspeer]

Hi!

Please re-import your fbx-file into a new Maya scene and check if the hard edges are still there, if yes then the normals are exported fine and the problem is at the Unreal import.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, I will try this right now

[Anonymous]

OK so it shows properly when i import the fbx into maya, should I then take this issue to the Unreal forums?

[mspeer]

Hi!

You have to choose the right setting at the Import Dialog in Unreal ("Import Normals" or "Import Normals and Tangents" instead of "Compute Normals"):

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/ContentExamples/ImportOptions/1_3/index.html