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FBX SDK Developer Center

The Autodesk® FBX® format is a free platform-independent 3D authoring and interchange format that provides access to 3D content from most 3D vendors. Available for Windows, OSX, iOS and Linux operating systems, the free FBX Software Development Kit allows software and hardware vendors to easily add support for the FBX format. The SDK is an easy-to-use C++ software development toolkit that provides conversion utilities allowing application and content vendors to transfer their existing commercial and demonstration content into the FBX format with a minimum of effort.
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  • FBX SDK Training Webcast

    A complete API training on developing with FBX based on C++ and Python:

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