[FBX import] Vertex count much higher

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Hello !

When I import a mesh from a FBX file, the vertex count is way higher than in the original mesh (about 6x).

As an example, when I import a mesh of 386 vertices, in UE4, it has 2,304 vertices. Is that normal? Is there a way to avoid this?

Thanks !

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Due to hard edges between faces, vertices are duplicated. So that is expected.

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Is there a way to avoid this?

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Make edges soft in your modelling package. If you are after flat shading style, check this thread.

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I finally found out how to do that : instead of exporting to FBX (which splits edges), I have to export to OBJ (whoch does not). That’s strange, but that’s apparently the way to do it. Thanks !