vw 3d model export to fbx doesn't work

[filip]

Dear enthousiasts 
I can't export my vw model to fbx, the exported file contains only 0 bites, so It remains empty.

On my other master computer the fbx export button remains gray, and exporting to fbx is not possible at all.

Are there special settings needed or maybe a special workflow for doing this?

 

regards

 

Filip Bosscher

 

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

Try this, but use a duplicate copy.  Covert your entire model to 3D polygons and then Export FBX.   

[Pat Stanford]

Or even better, what happens in a new blank file with just a single Extude?

 

Have you restarted VW?

Have you restarted the computer?

 

[zoomer]

51 minutes ago, filip said:

I can't export my vw model to fbx, the exported file contains only 0 bites, so It remains empty.

 

 

Which VW Version ?

 

I had this some years ago.

AFAIR that happens when the file reaches a certain complexity.

Smaller projects worked.

[filip]

@ VIRTUALENVIRONS:  I will try this, thanks;  do you know how to convert the 3d model to 3d polygons?

@ Pat Stanford, I try this also, yes and yes, the computer and the program where restarted.

@ zoomer: that might be a point, this is a rather difficult project and a big file, I don't know if that is complex for VW?

Filip Bosscher

 

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

Under the Modify menu, Convert>Convert to 3D polys.  Remember to use a duplicate copy

 

[bjoerka]

In 2024 this works very well event with complex projects.

Last week i did something that resulted in a 1.5gb fbx which worked well in Maya after importing.

So maybe it´s related to the vwx version. I rember having problems in 2022 with large projects.

[filip]

Thanks for your advices; I tried all of them, but it didn't work.

I tried exporting the vw into other 3d formats, like 3ds, kml, igs, sat, stl and stp

it worked fine.

Could it be that fbx needs some special settings?

 

regards

 

Filip