MotionBuilder 2015

Software Dependencies

• Supported Operating Systems – Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 or later (64-bit only), Red Hat Linux 6.2 (64-bit only), Fedora Core 14 (64-bit only), and CentOS-6.2 (64-bit only).
• Upgraded to QT 4.8.5 from QT 4.8.2.
• MotionBuilder 2015 and the distributed plug-ins are compiled using Visual Studio 2012.
• Upgraded to PySide 1.2 from PySide 1.1.
• Upgraded to FBX SDK 2015.0.

New Features

• One-Click to Softimage – The FBApplication::OneClickSendAsNewScene() function now supports sending the current scene as a new scene to Softimage.
• Kinect Plug-in – You can capture motion from an actor using the Microsoft Kinect for Windows device, and use the motion capture data for animating characters. For more information, see Kinect Plug-in.
• PyOpenGL Integration – PyOpenGL is integrated into MotionBuilder 2015, and you can access it from Python using the standard PyOpenGL commands. For more information about PyOpneGL, visit the PyOpenGL website at http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net.

PyOpenGL Limitation

You can use PyOpenGL to implement a Python custom renderer. However, the PyOpenGL commands are applied to both the Python custom renderer and default renderer.

New Classes, Methods, and Properties

• FBHUDManager – Manages the Heads Up Display (HUD) in a scene. You can use FBHUDManager::DefaultHUD to set and get the default HUD for cameras. For setting the default HUD, you can use FBHUDManager().DefaultHUD = lMyHUD. For getting the default HUD, you can use lDefHUD = FBHUDManager().DefaultHUD. For removing the default HUD, you can use FBHUDManager().DefaultHUD = None.
• FBCamera::FocusModel – New property that determines the focus distance of a camera. The Focus Model property appears under Cameras Render Options tab. You can assign a model to this property and make it the focus model.
• FBDirMap – New class for mapping network folders for materials.
• FBKeyControl::MoveKeys() – New method to move animation keys in space with respect to a pivot object. This is equivalent to using the Move Keys button in the Key Controls window. Only the keys that are a part of the current animation layer are affected.
• kFBKeyingCurveChange and kFBKeyingDeleteKey – New events for keying notifications.
• FBPlayerControl::SetEditStart() and FBPlayerControl.SetEditStop() – Sets the start and stop values for the edit time range. You can get the start and stop values for the edit time range using FBPlayerControl::GetEditStart() and FBPlayerControl::GetEditStop().
• FBTake::PlotTakeOnObjects(), FBTake::PlotAllTakesOnObjects(), FBTake::PlotTakeOnProperties(), and FBTake::PlotAllTakesOnProperties() – New methods to plot animation on objects and properties.
• FBStoryClip::ClipAnimationPath – New method to change the absolute path of an animation clip in a story.
• FBStoryClip::ClipAudioPath – New method to change the absolute path of an audio clip in a story.
• FBStoryClip::ClipVideoPath – New method to change the absolute path of a video clip in a story.
• FBStoryClip::DestinationSetObject() – New method to expose the assigned sources to destination for animation clips.
• FBStoryTrack::CreateSubTrack() – New method to add a sub-track in a character track or animation track. See the FBStoryFolder.py sample code in the SDK help.
• FBMocapJointsState – The skeleton joints state class for the motion capture data. It is used for storing a frame of skeleton tracking data from the motion capture device.
• FBCharacter::PassDeviceMocapData() – Passes the motion capture skeleton joints state data to the internal character.
• FBCharacter::SetupDeviceMocap() – Initializes the character with the motion capture device as the animation source and sets the skeleton hierarchy.
• FBCharacter::SetSensorFloorOffset() – Sets the height of the sensor above the floor for moving the skeleton to the ground.
• FBCharacter::SetMocapCalibrationState() – Sets the mocap calibration state.
• FBCharacter::GetMocapCalibrationState() – Gets the mocap calibration state.

New ORSDK C++ Sample

The MotionBuilder shelf plug-in is included in <yourinstallationfolder>\OpenRealitySDK\samples\miscellaneous\motionbuilder_shelf. The shelf makes it easy to access the objects that you use frequently in MotionBuilder. For more information, see the MotionBuilder Shelf topic.