- New
- Clears the current scene and starts a new one. Prompts you to save the current scene before clearing it.
You can also use the Ctrl-N keyboard shortcut to start a new scene.
File > Open
The File > Open menu option (Ctrl-O) lets you to load .3ds, .dae, .dxf, .fbx, and .obj files.
The default file type is .fbx.
After you select a file and click Open, the Open Options window appears.
The Open Options window enables you to select assets, settings, takes, layers, and Reference edits —if applicable—to load, prepend (if you wish) a namespace to all objects included in the incoming file, and click Open. specify the scene elements, animation, settings, and takes to include in the incoming file, and to prepend a namespace to elements (selected to be included) in the incoming file.
See Open Options window.
See also:
File > Merge
The File > Merge menu option enables you to select scene elements, animation, settings, and takes from a .3ds, .dae, .dxf, .fbx, or .obj file to merge with or append to the current scene, or to discard prior merging with the current scene.
After you select a file and click Open, the Merge Options window appears.
The Merge Options window enables you to specify the scene elements, animation, settings, and takes to merge with / append to the current scene, and to discard prior merging with the current scene. The Merge Options window also enables you to prepend a namespace to elements (selected to be included) in the incoming .3ds, .dae, .dxf, .fbx, or .obj file.
See Merge Options window.
See also:
File > Save
Save menu option is available only for scenes that have already been saved.
The File > Save As menu option enables you to save a new scene and save under a new name a scene that has already been saved previously.
After you enter the name of the .fbx file, specify the type of .fbx file, select the save options (such as embedding media and saving one take per file), and click Save, the Save Options window appears.
The Save Options window enables you to specify the scene elements, animation, settings, and takes to save with the scene.
See Save Options window.
See also:
File > Clean Up Scene
The menu option lets you remove empty or unused assets from your scene to clean up and reduce file size.
The Clean Up Scene window lets you clean the scene by asset type, by selecting the appropriate asset and clicking Clean Now. You can also clean many asset types at once. See Reduce file size with Clean Up Scene.
File > Save Selection
The File > Save Selection menu option enables you to save as a new .fbx file the elements animation, settings, and takes you selected from the current scene.
You can allocate separate memory for the Save Selection option by setting the SaveSelectionUseDiffMemory variable in the configuration file to Yes. This avoids any unwanted overwriting of options when you save files using the Save or Save Selection options.
After you enter a name for this new .fbx file, specify the type of .fbx file, select the save options (such as embedding media and saving one take per file), and click Save, the Save Selection Options window appears.
To ensure the appropriate assets are selected, select in the Scene browser the entire branch of the asset you want to save. For example, if you want to save a model and the constraint used by the model, you must select both the model and constraint before choosing
File
Save Selection. Otherwise, only the model is saved.
Save Selection menu option, the constraint's connection to its source and constrained objects is lost when the file is re-loaded.
- manually reconnect the constraint after you reload the file or
- save the Source and constrained objects with the constraint when you use the Save Selection menu option.
File > Send To Maya
The File > Send To Maya menu option displays options that enable you to send from MotionBuilder to Maya new scene data or updates to currently open scenes.
See Send to Maya.
File > Send To 3ds Max
The File > Send To 3ds Max menu option displays a list of options that enable you to send new scene data or updates to currently open scenes from MotionBuilder to 3ds Max.
See Send to 3ds Max.
File > Send To Softimage
The File > Send To Softimage menu option displays a list of options that enable you to send new scene data or updates to currently open scenes from MotionBuilder to Softimage.
See Send to Softimage.
File > Import Audio
TheFile > Send To Softimage menu option displays the Import Audio window which enables you to select any of the following file formats as audio assets:
The directory displayed in the Import Audio window is the directory you last opened.
The following figure displays the supported audio files.
See also Loading audio files.
File > Import Video
Import Video menu option displays the Import Video window which enables you to import files as video assets.
The directory displayed in the Import Video window is the directory you last opened.
To import a file as a video asset, see Loading files as video assets.
File > Import Point Cache
The File > Import Point Cache menu option displays the Import Point Cache window, which enables you to import and edit models with Point caching.
The supported import point cache file formats are .xml and .pc2.
See Point Cache .
File > Motion File Import
The File > Motion File Import option enables you to import motion capture data files.
The following screen shot displays the supported motion capture data file formats.
After you select a file and click Open, the Import Options window appears.
The Import Options window differs depending on the file format you selected to import or merge.
See Importing.
File > Motion File Export
The File Motion File Export menu option displays the Export Files window which enables you to export motion capture files to various file formats.
The following motion capture file formats are supported for export.
See Exporting.
File > Batch
The File Batch menu option enables you to convert multiple data files between different formats. You can batch load a series of data files onto your current character, or save all your takes to a single data format.
The following input file formats are supported for batch processing.
The following output file formats are supported for batch processing.
When loading Acclaim files, you can retain dummy nodes. You can also write translation of all nodes when saving both Acclaim and Biovision files.
You can also use the Batch window to save all takes mapped to a selected Actor, Character asset, or Control rig as separate motion files, and convert files from one format to another. Unused fields are disabled, depending on the current mode, which can be either set to Load, Save, or Convert. See Batch processing.
File > Render
The File Render menu option enables you to set various options for rendering your takes.
Depending on the file type that you select, additional options and windows may display. For information on all options and instructions on how to use the Flash renderer, see Rendering.
File > Render Thumbnail
The File Render Thumbnail menu option opens the Thumbnail Preview window, which lets you create thumbnail images for
.fbx files. Thumbnail images appear as custom icons in the Asset browser.
You can also create custom thumbnails using a specially named .tif image. See Working with MotionBuilder assets.
File > Recent Files
The File Recent Files menu option displays the locations and names of the 10 files that were used by
MotionBuilder. Files are only added to the list if they were either opened or saved with the Open, Save, or Save As items in the File menu. Files dragged from the Asset browser are not added to the list.
File > Properties
The File Properties menu option displays the Properties window that enables you to enter a title, subject, author, keywords, revision number, and comment for the loaded file, and to save this information with the file.
You can view and edit the information you entered in the Properties window the next time you load the file.
File > Exit
The File Exit menu option enables you to end the current session or display the Save Changes window asking you whether you want to either save or not save your changes or whether you want to cancel exiting the session.