Unreal Engine Issues

UE-92285

Exporting a UE4 Animation into Maya results in wrong skin weight

Exporting a UE4 Animation into Maya results in wrong skin weight

Description

UE4 Mannequin animations are not exporting/importing correctly into Maya. The right hand is bulkier and the left shoulder is dislocated.

This was reported and tested in 4.23.1 (CL-9631420). this was reproduced in 4.24.3 (CL-11590370), 4.25 Preview 7 (CL-12759524), and Main 4.26 (CL-12945139)

Steps to Reproduce
  1. Open the UE4 Editor and create a new Third Person project
  2. Export one of the Third Person animations with the any FBX Export Compatibility (picked 2018) and enable Preview Mesh
  3. Import the Animation into Maya

Results: Wrong Skin Weight on Right Hand and Left Shoulder

Expected: FBX imports as it was in UE4

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By Design
ComponentUE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Datasmith - Importer
Affects Versions4.23.1, 4.24.3, 4.25, 4.26
Target Fix4.26
CreatedApr 21, 2020
ResolvedOct 14, 2020
UpdatedOct 14, 2020
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