MSFS20 Blender - Oversized Bones after FBX Import

[Christian Bahr]

Hello.

I'm currently creating some new animated People in 3D Studio Max:

The models are exported as a group of 16 people as an FBX file. However, after importing them as an FBX file into Blender, I notice that some of the bones are oversized:

Is there any way to resolve this in Blender?

 

[Christian Bahr]

I was able to answer my own question about how to delete bones from an animated character
In Blender, you go into modeling mode, select and delete the unnecessary bones, and those oversized bones are gone:

 

[bstolle]

You can also change the shape and size of the bones.

 

[Christian Bahr]

You can also change the shape and size of the bones.

That's great, because deleting bones can also have disadvantages.
Now all you need to do is explain how to change the shape and size of bones without deforming the mesh ;-)

I've attached the corresponding FBX file with the 16 people. If I import this FBX file into Blender, it looks like this:
www.bahrometrix.de/msfs/share/seated_group_1.zip

And here are the FBX import settings I used:

 

[Christian Bahr]

@bstolle
So, I've been trying to find the function described. Unfortunately, I can't find an option to scale bones or change their shape.
What I did find is that you can manipulate them with an "eyedropper." Is this the option you were referring to?

Maybe someone else knows how to edit these oversized bones so they're not so big.

 

[bstolle]

@Christian Bahr
No, it should be this one:

 

[Christian Bahr]

All right, I found the function. Thanks for that.
However, the bone is now an elongated line and still very large:

EDIT
Where can I find the function to change the size of the bones?

 

[bstolle]

Select the armature, switch to edit mode and scale the bone to your liking. I've read that this might introduce some errors with movements (blender doesn't like scaling at all) so I've never use it.

 

[Christian Bahr]

Scaling worked after all, finally a step further. Thanks
I had to go into edit mode and was able to reduce the size of the bone by pressing the "S" key:

The bone isn't quite in the correct position. Can I move the bone?

 

[bstolle]

You are welcome, glad it works. S for scale, G for grab. Press G and move the bone.

 

[Christian Bahr]

You are welcome, glad it works. S for scale, G for grab. Press G and move the bone.

Great! This worked too:

The pelvic bone isn't quite optimally positioned yet, but that shouldn't matter. The most important problem, the oversized bones, seems to have been solved. Many thanks

 

[Christian Bahr]

Hello everyone.

Here is a summary on the topic "Blender FBX Import - Oversized Bones"
I was having some trouble importing my group of 16 animated people as an FBX file into Blender.
It resulted in oversized bones that needed to be scaled and moved.
But with some help, I was able to solve the problem


Blender FBX import via File--> Import --> FBX

FBX import settings:

Primary Bone Axis=X
Secondary BoneAxis=Y



Correcting oversized bones in two steps

After FBX import, some bones may be too large.


Scale Bone

Select the armature and enter Edit Mode. Then highlight the bone and press the S key on your keyboard to scale the bone



Move Bone

In Edit Mode activate "Snap to Vertex" and press the G key on your keyboard to snap/move the bone to the position shown in the image

After correcting all oversized bones, the entire Blender scene looks like this:

Now you can export the scene or individual people to MSFS!


Special thanks to @bstolle for his support