What is the best way to import from Autodesk Alias Autostudio to Unreal Engine 4 / 5 without losing data?
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Use the Datasmith CAD import and import wire files directly.
You will need to have unreal installed on a machine that has Alias installed.
this does not work on UE5, there is not .wire fromat to import thorough Datasmith, CAD Importer
It works for me.
Did you activate the datasmith CAD importer plugin?
Do you have an Alias application installed on your computer?
Having same issue here. I have CAD importer plugin enabled. I have Alias 2025 installed. Unreal completely refuses to recognize .wire files. It is not in the list of file types for import. Unreal Engine version 5.4.4
- UE 5.4.4 does not support Alias 2025, it will support earlier version of Alias. UE 5.5 will support Alias 2025.
- However something is strange because even if UE 5.4 does not support Alias 2025 properly, you should see the wire in the list of supported format, UE should try to import and fail.
Which Alias are you using?
Do you have a path to your alias/bin folder in your environment variable?
Hi Flavien, thanks for you response and clarifying. I’ve updated to 5.5.4 and all works good. Thank you!