ID 267673 - Mari does not support the newest version of FBX (2017)

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Problem summary
Mari does not support FBX 2017 versions for import

Customer reported version
3.1v3
Customer reported platform
windows10

Steps to reproduce

1) Export an FBX geometry from Maya or Modo using FBX 2017 (see attached file)

2) Attempt to import into Mari

3) Mari returns an 'Entity Loading Failed' error and will not import.

Workaround
Unknown. 

Reproduced by support
Windows 7 - 3.1v1, 3.1v3, 3.2v1
CentOS 6 - 3.1v3, 3.2v1

Expected behaviour
The file should have been able to import.
Actual behaviour
FBX17 does not create a valid import file.
 

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