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how to export fbx from blender to unity

HeyBraza points at apply-all-transforms and the fbx export panel so your model imports upright and at the right size.

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blender is z-up and unity is y-up, so a default fbx arrives rotated about -90 degrees on x, often with a scale of 100. fixing it is two steps: apply transforms in blender, then set the export options correctly.

or do it yourself

  1. 1in object mode select everything and press ctrl + a > 'all transforms' so rotation and scale are baked to 1.
  2. 2go to file > 'export' > 'fbx (.fbx)'.
  3. 3in the sidebar tick 'selected objects' if you only want part of the scene, and set 'apply scalings' to 'fbx all'.
  4. 4leave 'forward' on '-z forward' and 'up' on 'y up' - that's unity's axis convention.
  5. 5export, then in unity select the imported model and tick 'bake axis conversion' in its import settings if any rotation remains.

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common questions

why is my model 100x too big in unity?

the fbx unit scale didn't match - set 'apply scalings' to 'fbx all' on export and leave unity's scale factor at 1.

should i use fbx or gltf?

fbx for unity, especially with rigs and animation. gltf/glb is the better pick for web and three.js.

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