ID 487965 - Exporting a camera as an fbx causes all focal length animation to be lost.

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Problem summary
Exporting a camera as an fbx causes all focal length animation to be lost.
 
Customer reported version
modo.14.2v2
 
Customer reported platform
windows10
 
Steps to reproduce
 

  1. Launch Modo.
  2. Select Camera from the Item List.
  3. Key Focal Length channel and set at 100mm at frame 0.
  4. Go to frame 120 and set Focal Length at 50mm.
  5. Cache Simulation and play to make sure that the animation works.
  6. Export as a .fbx.
  7. Go to File > Close All.
  8. Import the exported .fbx.
  9. Observe that the created animation did not import.
     
 
Expected behaviour
When the .fbx file is imported the animation should be included.
 
Actual behaviour
Focal Length animation does not carry back over.
 
Workaround
Unknown. 
 
Reproduced by support
15.1v1 - Windows 10 - Keyed frames appear on the timeline, but do not animate.
15.0v1 - Windows 10
14.2v1 - Windows 10
14.1v1 - Windows 10
14.0v1 - Windows 10
13.0v1 - Windows 10 - Keyed frames appear on the timeline, but do not animate.
12.2v2 - Windows 10
 
 
Earliest version tested
- This issue appears to be in all versions of the product
 
 

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