Hey, I’ve been using ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation() for a while now without any issues.

However a user has given me a .FBX that doesn’t import correctly. It has 2 takes in it and only 1 take looks correct.

If I compare the broken take’s animation channels with animation channels that I get without calling ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation(), they are identical. So this means that ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation() is doing nothing to the 2nd take.

Now here’s the tricky part, if I reverse the order that ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation() gets call on the takes (so the 2nd take is converted first), the 2nd take converts fine and the 1st take is wrong instead.

Any ideas?

Hi, TheSauce
Could you describe the way you call ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation() in more detail, maybe put your code snippet here and also provide the FBX file you used for this?
We will take a further look.
Thank you.

Jiayang Xu
Maya Data Platform
Autodesk

Hey,
I load the scene, then I traverse the entire node tree and call
SetPivotState(KFbxNode::eSOURCE_SET, KFbxNode::ePIVOT_STATE_ACTIVE) on every node

Then in a loop for each take I call
SetCurrentTake(takeName)
GetRootNode()->ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation()

Finally I call
SetPivotState(KFbxNode::eSOURCE_SET, KFbxNode::ePIVOT_STATE_REFERENCE) on every node

Here is the .fbx file that shows the issue.

I’ve been able to import other multi-take .fbx files without issues before.

Attachment not working, trying again

Trying with the filename renamed

Hmm dunno, it’s only 1.5 megs so if you give me an email address I can send it to your directly.

Hi,

Maybe your issue has been solved, but if you still need to email files, you can use fbxsdk (at) autodesk.com.

I think the AREA only accepts .txt, maybe .zip, as attachments.

Regards,

Viviane

Viviane Rochon
Maya Data Platform
Autodesk

This post specifies how to attach files on the AREA.
http://area.autodesk.com/for...ea-ate-my-attachment40s41/

Viviane Rochon
Maya Data Platform
Autodesk

Ya it’s still an issue, here’s the file.

	Attachment
dragon_2takes.zip

Hi, TheSauce,
Here are some findings:
1. I think for files with multi-takes, ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation() should not be called, which will reset SourceSet after it handle the current take, then the other takes won’t be converted correctly. This function should only be used once on current take, we will improve document to including this information.

For your case, what you should do is something like this:
for all takes: 
Step1: lRootNode->ResetPivotSet( KFbxNode::eDESTINATION_SET )
Step2: SetPivotState(KFbxNode::eSOURCE_SET, KFbxNode::ePIVOT_STATE_ACTIVE) on every node.
Step3: ConvertPivotAnimationRecursive()

After handle all takes,
lRootNode->ResetPivotSet( KFbxNode::eSOURCE_SET )

2. To call ResetPivotSetAndConvertAnimation(), you actually do not need to SetPivotState(KFbxNode::eSOURCE_SET, KFbxNode::ePIVOT_STATE_ACTIVE) on every node.
Internally the function itself will do so recursively (We will improve document to including this information), so you just need to call it this way:

Jiayang Xu
Maya Data Platform
Autodesk

Thanks for the info. This seems to work.
Can you confirm a few things?

I should call ConvertPivotAnimationRecursive() with KFbxNode::eDESTINATION_SET as the first parameter, right?

After I’m done all this, should I still call SetPivotState(KFbxNode::eSOURCE_SET, KFbxNode::ePIVOT_STATE_REFERENCE)? And should I do that once per take?

Thanks