This section is a brief summary of the main MotionBuilder interface. Numbered headings below refer to the numbered interface elements in the figure.
- If you can't find the menu you're looking for, it may be that the correct Layout is not selected. See Layout menu.
- You can show hidden interface elements (panels) in the main window by selecting it from the Window menu. See Window menu.
- You can most panels by dragging their edges when a double-headed arrow cursor appears.
- You can rearrange the panels to suit your preferences by docking them in different areas of the MotionBuilder window. See Rearranging the interface.
1. Main menu
The menus contain both tools and actions for working in your scene. The main menu is that the top of the MotionBuilder window. See Main menus.
2. View and Display menus
The View menu contains options that define how you view your scene. The Display menu lets you define which assets to display in the Viewer window and how to display them. See View menu and Display menu.
3. Viewer
The Viewer window offers different ways of viewing the objects in your scene with a camera view. Viewer window are also the workspace where you c an select and transform objects and view the playback of your animations.
You can display one or several Viewer window, which can be docked or floating windows in the MotionBuilder interface. There are a number of way that you configure the Viewer panel to suit your workflow, such as dividing the view into panels and setting different orthographic views.
See Viewer window.
4. Camera navigation controls
These controls let you move the current camera around in the Viewer. See Camera navigation controls.
5. Camera view toolbar
The camera view display toolbar contains tools let you measure distances in the camera view, display the trajectories of animated objects, and refresh the camera view. See Camera view toolbar.
6. Viewer toolbar
The Viewer toolbar enables you to choose how you want to select, manipulate, and transform objects in the Viewer window. Only one instance of the View toolbar appears in the in the MotionBuilder window at one time. This toolbar is not duplicated when you add Viewer windows. See Viewer window toolbar.
7. Character Controls
The Character Controls window lets you perform multiple character setup tasks, such as defining a skeleton, or characterizing, and assigning animation to control rigs. See Character Controls.
8. Transport Controls
The Transport Controls window lets you create and select takes, play and view the time progression of a scene, set timing, play, and view options, change the start and end of a take, select and view audio tracks on the Action timeline, and manipulate visual keyframes. See Transport Controls.
9. Navigator
The Navigator organizes access to a number of scene, asset, and animation settings and controls related to your current scene. It includes the following windows:
- Navigator window, lets you view information and settings of scene elements. See Navigator window.
- Dopesheet, which lets you view and edit keyframe animation. See Dopesheet window.
- FCurves window, which lets you edit animation using function curves. See FCurves window.
- Story window, which lets you edit animation as a series on video clips. See Story window.
- Animation Trigger window, which lets you test animation and motion clips. See Animation Trigger window.
10. Key Controls
The Keyframe Controls window provides options for creating and editing the keyframes you use to animate your characters. See Key Controls window.
11. Animation Layers editor
The Animation Layer editor lets you manipulate animation layers and change the way they blend together to create your result animation. See Animation Layer editor.
12. Resources window
The Resources window provides access to the properties and channels of the elements in your scene, controls for creating and editing poses, an asset browser for elements you can add to your scene, and options to create groups and sets. See Resources window