diff --git a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java
index fd25d1357..49998293f 100644
--- a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java
+++ b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ public class BlenderLoader extends AbstractBlenderLoader {
 			helper = blenderContext.getHelper(CurvesHelper.class);
 			helper.setyIsUpAxis(true);
 			helper = blenderContext.getHelper(ArmatureHelper.class);
-			helper.setyIsUpAxis(true);			
+			helper.setyIsUpAxis(true);
+			helper = blenderContext.getHelper(MeshHelper.class);
+			helper.setyIsUpAxis(true);
 		}
 		MaterialHelper materialHelper = blenderContext.getHelper(MaterialHelper.class);
 		materialHelper.setFaceCullMode(blenderKey.getFaceCullMode());
diff --git a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/meshes/MeshHelper.java b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/meshes/MeshHelper.java
index 6584fa6f8..9b74f4031 100644
--- a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/meshes/MeshHelper.java
+++ b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/meshes/MeshHelper.java
@@ -498,9 +498,16 @@ public class MeshHelper extends AbstractBlenderHelper {
 
         Pointer pMVert = (Pointer) meshStructure.getFieldValue("mvert");
         List<Structure> mVerts = pMVert.fetchData(blenderContext.getInputStream());
-        for (int i = 0; i < verticesAmount; ++i) {
-            DynamicArray<Number> coordinates = (DynamicArray<Number>) mVerts.get(i).getFieldValue("co");
-            vertices[i] = new Vector3f(coordinates.get(0).floatValue(), coordinates.get(1).floatValue(), coordinates.get(2).floatValue());
+        if(this.fixUpAxis) {
+        	for (int i = 0; i < verticesAmount; ++i) {
+                DynamicArray<Number> coordinates = (DynamicArray<Number>) mVerts.get(i).getFieldValue("co");
+                vertices[i] = new Vector3f(coordinates.get(0).floatValue(), coordinates.get(2).floatValue(), coordinates.get(1).floatValue());
+            }
+        } else {
+        	for (int i = 0; i < verticesAmount; ++i) {
+                DynamicArray<Number> coordinates = (DynamicArray<Number>) mVerts.get(i).getFieldValue("co");
+                vertices[i] = new Vector3f(coordinates.get(0).floatValue(), coordinates.get(1).floatValue(), coordinates.get(2).floatValue());
+            }
         }
         return vertices;
     }
diff --git a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/objects/ObjectHelper.java b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/objects/ObjectHelper.java
index 71cd407cf..1089b8b7c 100644
--- a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/objects/ObjectHelper.java
+++ b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/objects/ObjectHelper.java
@@ -282,14 +282,6 @@ public class ObjectHelper extends AbstractBlenderHelper {
 
 		//load parent inverse matrix
 		Pointer pParent = (Pointer) objectStructure.getFieldValue("parent");
-		Structure parent = null;
-		if(pParent.isNotNull()) {
-			try {
-				parent = pParent.fetchData(blenderContext.getInputStream()).get(0);
-			} catch (BlenderFileException e) {
-				LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Cannot fetch parent for object! Reason: {0}", e.getLocalizedMessage());
-			}
-		}
 		Matrix4f parentInv = pParent.isNull() ? Matrix4f.IDENTITY : this.getMatrix(objectStructure, "parentinv");
 		
 		//create the global matrix (without the scale)
@@ -309,12 +301,18 @@ public class ObjectHelper extends AbstractBlenderHelper {
 									  size.get(1).floatValue() * scaleY, 
 									  size.get(2).floatValue() * scaleZ);
 		
-		//the root object is transformed if the Y axis is UP
-		if(fixUpAxis && (pParent.isNull() || (parent!=null && !this.shouldBeLoaded(parent, blenderContext)))) {
+		if(fixUpAxis) {
 			float y = translation.y;
 			translation.y = translation.z;
 			translation.z = -y;
-			rotation = this.upAxisRotationQuaternion.mult(rotation);
+			
+			y = rotation.getY();
+			float z = rotation.getZ();
+			rotation.set(rotation.getX(), z, -y, rotation.getW());
+			
+			y=scale.y;
+			scale.y = scale.z;
+			scale.z = -y;
 		}
 		
 		//create the result