The FBX® open-standard, platform-independent 3D file format gives you access to content authored in any software package supporting the FBX file format. FBX plug-ins are included with Autodesk® Maya® software, Autodesk® 3ds Max® software, and Autodesk® VIZ software—providing high levels of interoperability between these packages—and with Autodesk® MotionBuilder™ software, which supports FBX natively. These plug-ins are available at no-charge on this website. The FBX SDK is a free, easy-to-use, C++ software development platform and the API toolkit lets you transfer existing content into the FBX format with minimal effort. FBX is the mostly widely used and supported 3D file format on the market today and its rate of adoption continues to skyrocket.
Thanks to FBX, we gain interoperability with most 3D software. The link between our technology and that of the motion capture world would simply not have been so smooth without the FBX format.
—Ronald Mallet, MatchMover Product Manager, REALVIZ