topic Re: FBX export doesn't create Materials (*.mat) anymore in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/fbx-export-doesn-t-create-materials-mat-anymore/m-p/68468#M961 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>CityEngine 2017.0 does not support export of separate .MAT files. <BR />The material information is embedded into the *.FBX file. <BR /><IMG alt="maya.png - Latest 16/May/17 1:41 PM - Thomas Fuchs" src="http://zrh-web.esri.com/jira/secure/attachment/12952/maya.png" /></P><P>However it is possible to generate it within Autodesk 3D Studio Max. <BR />Please have a look into this Autodesk forum thread: <A class="link-titled" href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-to-save-a-material-as-a-mat-file/td-p/3998616" title="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-to-save-a-material-as-a-mat-file/td-p/3998616">How to save a material as a .MAT file. - Autodesk Community</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:34:09 GMT ThomasFuchs 2018-04-10T12:34:09Z FBX export doesn't create Materials (*.mat) anymore https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/fbx-export-doesn-t-create-materials-mat-anymore/m-p/68467#M960 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm on CE 2017.0 and it just refuses to&nbsp;write out the&nbsp;materials separately in a folder when exporting as FBX. I went through the default export options and pretty much every combination I could come up with, but nada.&nbsp;What could be the cause of this?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:41:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/fbx-export-doesn-t-create-materials-mat-anymore/m-p/68467#M960 LR 2018-04-10T11:41:41Z Re: FBX export doesn't create Materials (*.mat) anymore https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/fbx-export-doesn-t-create-materials-mat-anymore/m-p/68468#M961 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>CityEngine 2017.0 does not support export of separate .MAT files. <BR />The material information is embedded into the *.FBX file. <BR /><IMG alt="maya.png - Latest 16/May/17 1:41 PM - Thomas Fuchs" src="http://zrh-web.esri.com/jira/secure/attachment/12952/maya.png" /></P><P>However it is possible to generate it within Autodesk 3D Studio Max. <BR />Please have a look into this Autodesk forum thread: <A class="link-titled" href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-to-save-a-material-as-a-mat-file/td-p/3998616" title="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/how-to-save-a-material-as-a-mat-file/td-p/3998616">How to save a material as a .MAT file. - Autodesk Community</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:34:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/fbx-export-doesn-t-create-materials-mat-anymore/m-p/68468#M961 ThomasFuchs 2018-04-10T12:34:09Z Re: FBX export doesn't create Materials (*.mat) anymore https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/fbx-export-doesn-t-create-materials-mat-anymore/m-p/68469#M962 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>After some investigating it turned out the materials were actually generated/extracted by Unity and the last update mucked up&nbsp;some import settings. I always exported from CE directly into linked Unity asset folders, so I just assumed CE wrote those mats.. d'oh!</P><P></P><P>Well, that's fixed now. Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:33:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/fbx-export-doesn-t-create-materials-mat-anymore/m-p/68469#M962 LR 2018-04-10T13:33:03Z