# I am attempting to round trip a skeletal mesh from unreal to maya and back using fbx.I can not reimport it to unreal without getting a “failed to merge bones error”. This occurs even if I do nothing with the mesh or the skeleton in maya

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/i-am-attempting-to-round-trip-a-skeletal-mesh-from-unreal-to-maya-and-back-using-fbx-i-can-not-reimport-it-to-unreal-without-getting-a-failed-to-merge-bones-error-this-occurs-even-if-i-do-nothing-with-the-mesh-or-the-skeleton-in-maya/487264>\
**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** fbx-import, Maya, fbx-export, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/i-am-attempting-to-round-trip-a-skeletal-mesh-from-unreal-to-maya-and-back-using-fbx-i-can-not-reimport-it-to-unreal-without-getting-a-failed-to-merge-bones-error-this-occurs-even-if-i-do-nothing-with-the-mesh-or-the-skeleton-in-maya/487264 "2021-08-10T03:33:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ktgeary](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ktgeary](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ktgeary)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/i-am-attempting-to-round-trip-a-skeletal-mesh-from-unreal-to-maya-and-back-using-fbx-i-can-not-reimport-it-to-unreal-without-getting-a-failed-to-merge-bones-error-this-occurs-even-if-i-do-nothing-with-the-mesh-or-the-skeleton-in-maya/487264/1 "2021-08-10T03:33:11Z")

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I am attempting to round trip a skeletal mesh from unreal to maya and back using fbx.I can not reimport it to unreal without getting a “failed to merge bones error”. This occurs even if I do nothing with the mesh or the skeleton in maya.

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**Author:** ![3DBear](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/3dbear/32/1200319_2.png) [@3DBear](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/3DBear)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/i-am-attempting-to-round-trip-a-skeletal-mesh-from-unreal-to-maya-and-back-using-fbx-i-can-not-reimport-it-to-unreal-without-getting-a-failed-to-merge-bones-error-this-occurs-even-if-i-do-nothing-with-the-mesh-or-the-skeleton-in-maya/487264/2 "2023-03-18T16:02:26Z")

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