I am trying to import an FBX file which contains many different static meshes. Right now it seems like if I import into the content drawer using the context menu or dragging and dropping I am able to get all of the meshes imported, but I lose the hierarchy given to the objects in Maya. Alternatively, I can import the model into the scene directly. This gives me the hierarchy that was present in the FBX, but all of the meshes will then share the name Scene, making working on them individually (such as adding LODs in the editor) impossible as only the first Scene appears in the content drawer. What is the easiest way to get the best of both worlds of a BP with hierarchy and individual static meshes that can be worked on? I have had the idea to import both and write a python script to automatically replace the meshes in the hierarchy with the separated meshes but this seems like a workaround for something that should be more easily solvable.
Thanks for your time.
Never seen or had any reason to do any of this - which if you think about it is really nonsense;
You need separate FBX files for each object to define all their correct parameters, such as collisions.
One master file isn’t going to cut it.
That said, they fussed with the import not long ago. You need to go out of your way to disable the new one in lieu of the one that actually works - and maybe doing that will automatically give you what you wanted (but it probably won’t, again, its not a default beheviour or best practice anyway).
Why don’t you just split the FBX into the different folders you want to have, create the folders, and then import the fbx into it which will split up the different meshes to their own .uasset ?
If you really dont want to take the time to individualize each mesh so that “re-import” works right for it, then at least at the folder level you have an easier time maintaining order.
I think I may be having some trouble understanding what you mean, do you mean to create a folder structure in the content drawer before importing as well as break the fbx into multiples reflecting its hierarchy and import from that?
What you did alteady, except make multiple FBX based on whatever you wanted instead of just a single master one.
If you import an fbx, normally all its separate meshes are created as usassets within the folder you imported.
Levarage that.