Cameras are not imported correctly when exported from Autodesk Maya as an fbx

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In this case, two settings needed tweaking. First is the scale. Since the file is an FBX, Unity doesn't know where it's coming from and what scale it needs to set. In this case, a scale of 100 worked. Most of the time it's either 1 or 100 (1m or 100cm). Second is that if the camera (or object) has no parent in the DCC, you want to activate 'Preserve Hierarchy' so that a root is added to the prefab. And lastly, 'Bake Axis Conversion' can be used to correct the handedness.

Reproduction steps:

Open the attached project “CameraMayaBug.zip”
Open the “/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity” Scene
Open the Timeline window (Window > Sequencing > Timeline)
Select the “Main Camera” GameObject in the Hierarchy window
Play the Timeline
Observe the Animation in the Game View

Expected result: The Camera is further from the Sphere and translates towards it and then rotates downwards
Actual result: Worldspace does not properly transfer and the Camera barely moves and rotates

Reproducible with: 2020.3.39f1, 2021.3.10f1, 2022.1.15f1, 2022.2.0b7, 2023.1.0a10

Reproducible on: Windows 10 (21H2)

Note: In the Model Import settings you can achieve a better result with Unit Conversion, however, it is a hassle to play around with when the Camera should be imported and keep the position and animation exactly like in Maya

Cameras are not imported correctly when exported from Autodesk Maya as an fbx

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