Creating and Characterizing a Skeleton

def GetOrCreateSkeletonNode(pIndex,pPrefix,pCreateIfNotExisting=True):
    if IsValidSkeletonNodeId(pIndex) == False:
        return None
    lName = GetFBSkeletonNodeIdName(pIndex,pPrefix)
    lSkeletonNode = FBFindObjectByFullName('Model::'+lName)
    if lSkeletonNode == None and pCreateIfNotExisting:
        if FBSkeletonNodeId.values[pIndex] != FBSkeletonNodeId.kFBSkeletonReferenceIndex:
            lSkeletonNode = FBModelSkeleton(lName)
        else:
            lSkeletonNode = FBModelNull(lName)
        lSkeletonNode.Show = True
    return lSkeletonNode
def CreateSkeletonForActor(pActor,pPrefix):
    lState = pActor.GetCurrentSkeletonState(True)
    lGX = FBMatrix()
    for enum in FBSkeletonNodeId.values:
        if IsValidSkeletonNodeId(enum):
            lState.GetNodeMatrix(FBSkeletonNodeId.values[enum],lGX)
            lSkeletonNode = GetOrCreateSkeletonNode(enum,pPrefix)
            lParentId = GetFBSkeletonNodeIdParentId(enum)
            lParentSkeletonNode = GetOrCreateSkeletonNode(lParentId,pPrefix)
            lSkeletonNode.SetMatrix(lGX)
            if lParentSkeletonNode != None:
                lSkeletonNode.Parent = lParentSkeletonNode
def MapSkeletonBone(pCharacter, pIndex, pPrefix):
    lModel = GetOrCreateSkeletonNode(pIndex,pPrefix)
    if lModel != None and pCharacter != None:
        lMappingPropName = lSkeletonNodeCharacterizationMapping[FBSkeletonNodeId.values[pIndex]]
        lMappingProp = pCharacter.PropertyList.Find(lMappingPropName,False)
        if lMappingProp != None:
            lMappingProp.ConnectSrc(lModel)
        else:
            print 'Could not characterize: ' + lModel.Name + '; MappingName: ' + lMappingPropName
def CharacterizeActorSkeleton(pPrefix):
    lCharacter = FBCharacter(pPrefix+'Character')
    for enum in FBSkeletonNodeId.values:
        if IsValidSkeletonNodeId(enum):
            MapSkeletonBone(lCharacter, enum, pPrefix)
    lCharacter.SetCharacterizeOn(True)
    FBSystem().Scene.Evaluate()
    return lCharacter   
def ConvertActorToCharacter(pActor, pPrefix):
    # create the skeleton from the actor
    CreateSkeletonForActor(pActor,pPrefix)
    # Set up characterization and lock the character
    lChar = CharacterizeActorSkeleton(pPrefix)