I often hear about FBX being compared to Alembic. I will try in this post to clarify this comparison and share some insights. FBX FBX, a 3D file exchange format, was first published by Kaydara and stands for FiLMBox exchange. FiLMBox has since been renamed MotionBuilder and Kaydara has been acquired by Autodesk… FBX`s mission came in 3 points : To allow 3ds Max, Maya and Softimage 3D (before XSI)