The Window menu is where you can access any of the main MotionBuilder windows.
Asset Browser
Opens the Asset browser that lets you drag assets into your MotionBuilder scene. See Asset browser.
Transport Controls
Opens the Transport Controls window that lets you jog, shuttle, and play the current take. The Transport Controls window also lets you manipulate keyframes, take length, and adjust timing options. See Transport Controls.
Video Out
Opens the Video Outwindow that enables you to invoke a non-interactive copy of the Video Out window.
Add Property View
Opens a Properties window that lets you change the values of the settings and properties of a selected asset. You can also animate the properties of an asset using the Properties window.
You can have multiple Properties windows open simultaneously. By adding multiple Properties windows, you can view and lock more than one property of an asset at the same time. See Properties window.
Add Viewer
Adds another instance of the Viewer window to your MotionBuilder session as floating window. Added Viewer windows can also be docked anywhere in the user interface. . Each window has the Viewer and Display menu, but not the Viewer window toolbar. You can assign cameras and perspectives to added Viewer windows.
See Viewer window.
Add Property Editor
Opens the Property Editor window that lets you choose the properties you want to have in a (custom) keying group. You can also access this window by clicking Customize in the Asset browser > Properties window.
With the Property Editor you can choose the objects whose properties you want to copy to a keying group, edit the property values, add new properties, and change the relationship between the selected object(s) or effector(s) properties.
Add Scene Browser
Adds a Scene browser. By default, the Scene browser is an integral part of the Navigator window. However, MotionBuilder lets you add additional Scene browsers for specific uses.
For example, if you have a large scene with many assets, constantly scrolling through the assets in your scene can be tedious. Select Add Scene Browser to add a second Scene browser window to your scene and showing another part of the hierarchy of a scene. See Scene browser.
Add Navigator
Adds a Navigator window that lets you select and view the settings of all assets in your MotionBuilder scene.
Each Navigator window consists of a Scene browser and Asset Settings pane, which shows the settings and properties of a selected asset. See Navigator window.
Add Filtered Navigator
Adds a Navigator window showing all assets matching the filtered asset selected from the additional submenu.
For example, if you select Add Filtered Navigator > Characters, a Navigator window is added that shows only the Character assets in your scene. As with all Navigator windows, the filtered Navigator window consists of a Scene browser and Asset Settings pane.
Add Asset Settings
Adds an Add Asset Settings window that lets you view the settings of the selected assets in your MotionBuilder scene. See Asset Settings.
Key Controls
Opens the Key Controls window that lets you create, edit, and step through keyframes associated with the selected object, asset, or property. See Setting keyframes.
Dynamic Editor
Opens the Dynamic Editor that lets you modify the interpolation of animation for a selected object, a character effector, properties, and so on. You can modify the interpolation of multiple keyframes at the same time, keyframes at the current time, or an entire keyframe region. See Dynamic Editor.
FCurves
Opens the FCurves window that lets you modify your animation by adjusting its individual keyframes and their interpolation, extrapolation, and tangents. You can also animate using timewarp curves. See Function curves.
Animation Layers
Opens the Animation Layer editor that lets you create, blend, and organize multiple layers of animation. See Animating on Layers.
Dopesheet
Opens the Dopesheet window that lets you review and edit your animation. See Dopesheet window.
Story
Opens the Story window that lets you build animation and storyboards using various types of clips. See Animating with the Story window.
Filters
Opens the Filters window, letting you filter animation data. In order to filter animation data, you must first select a range of keyframes to filter. See Filtering.
Profiling Center
Opens theProfiling Centerwindow that lets you to monitor scene performance. See Profiling Center window.
Actor/Character Controls
Opens the Actor Controls window or Character Controls window. The window that opens depends on whether an Actor, Character, or a Control rig is selected. See Character Controls.
Pose Controls
Opens the Pose Controlswindow that works in conjunction with the Control rig and object poses of a character. Use the Pose Controls to create a library of character poses, configurations and object poses. You can retarget configurations onto any character or object. You can choose to paste selected objects, body parts (such as finger positions) or entire character positions and complex object poses. See Pose Controls window.
Cycle Creator
Opens the Cycle Creator tool, which lets you automatically generate an animation cycle from marked start and end frames of an animated segment in the timeline. The animation cycle is saved as a new take.
Select Window > Cycle Creator to set the Cycle Creator tool options. See also Create animation cycles using the Cycle Creator tool.
Motion Blend
Opens the Motion Blend window, letting you blend takes to create takes. See Motion Blend window.
Animation Trigger
Opens the Animation Trigger window that lets you set up motion clips and trigger them using your keyboard and joysticks. See Animation Trigger window.
Skins
Opens the Skinswindow that lets you adjust the weight of vertices relative to one or several bones. See Skins window.
Groups
Opens the Groups window, letting you organize a selection of assets into a group. You can create Groups that include models, elements, sensors, lights, materials, shaders, markers, nodes, textures, constraints, and even other groups.
Groups are used for the selection and organization of items in a scene. See Groups.
Sets
Opens the Sets window, letting you organize a selection of assets into a set. Sets are similar to groups as they both can include models, elements, sensors, lights, materials, shaders, markers, nodes, textures, constraints, and so on.
The main difference is that unlike groups, sets are exclusive. This means that while the same asset can appear in many groups, it can only occur once in a set. You cannot copy an asset or object from a set, you can only move it from one set to another.
In addition, the visibility of sets can be animated, and the animation stored in sets can be cached. See Sets.
Undo
You can change the level of undos or redos in the undo stack in the Undo Preferences.
Python Editor
The Python Editor window lets you execute individual lines of script, global scripts, and configure MotionBuilder to receive scripts remotely. See Python Editor.