Converting FBX to three.js

Question

I am trying to use the FBX converter tool, located in the utils/converters/fbx/ folder, of the three.js project located here:

https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/

I have installed the FBX SDK Python 2013.3 bindings (at least I think I did that part correctly)

And I have Python 2.6 installed to C:\Python26

I copied the "FBX SDK" folder into C:\Pythons26\Lib\site-packages from C:\Program Files\Autodesk\FBX

But when I run the following command:

converty_to_threejs.py my_fbx_file.fbx test_output_file.js

I get the following error:

Could not locate the python FBX SDK! You need to copy the FBX SDK into your python install folder such as "Python26/Lib/site-packages" folder.

I also made sure that C:\Python26 was added to my PATH system variable.

Does anyone have any idea why it wouldn't be able to find the FBX SDK folder? I put it exactly where it wants it, but it won't find it.

Thanks in advance!

Ortiz

did you manage to solve this? If yes please post an answer to your question. – Poplar

@user12411712 did you manage to get this working? – Lankester

Answer 1

You need to copy some of the contents out of the Autodesk Python SDK into a directory that is in your PYTHONPATH environment variable (or update your PYTHONPATH to include the Autodesk SDK).

ex. Mac OS X (Yosemite)

In the case of OS X Yosemite, neither /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages or /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages were actually in my PYTHONPATH. So I added the following to my ~/.bash_profile:

# Python 2.7
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH

and copied the contents of /Applications/Autodesk/FBX\ Python\ SDK/2015.1/lib/Python27 (FbxCommon.py, fbx.so, fbxsip.so) into /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages.

Windows etc.

The same logic used on Mac OS X can be applied on other platforms i.e. copy FbxCommon.py (and any other files in the same directory - DLLs etc.) into a directory in your PYTHONPATH.

Arredondo

Answer 2

don't copy the folder FBX SDK, copy the content into C:\Pythons26\Lib\site-packages such as: cp [FBX_SDK_ROOT]/lib/Python26_x64/* /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ It works for me.

Mejias

Answer 3

Mac Os X

Download FBX SDK and copy

/Applications/Autodesk/FBX\ Python\ SDK/2016.1/lib/Python27

to

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7

Hyman

Make sure you copy the contents of /Python27 (fbx.so, FbxCommon.py, fbxsip.so) into the python folder: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7 – Ice

Answer 4

On MacOS, I also had the same problem:

Could not locate the python FBX SDK!
You need to copy the FBX SDK into your python install folder such as "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages" folder.

I have copied fbx.so, FbxCommon.py, and sip.so from SDK_PATH/2014.1/lib/Python2.6/ to /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages.

Chartography

I have copied the files in the above mentioned folder but I still get the same error. any clue.. – Lipkin

Just ran into this myself. Been literally over a year since you had the problem so hopefully you worked it out! But nonetheless please see my answer for the solution (re: PYTHONPATH). – Arredondo