Welcome to the MotionBuilder SDK

This section describes the features of the MotionBuilder SDK, the changelog for each release as well as the software requirements.

What is Autodesk MotionBuilder?

Autodesk MotionBuilder is the industry-leading, real-time 3D character animation software for games, feature films, and television productions. It is designed to complement Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max, as well as other Autodesk DirectConnect applications that support the Autodesk FBX file format.

With its core focus on interactive real-time workflows, MotionBuilder enables creative and technical artists to take on demanding, animation-intensive projects. It is a professional package designed for 3D data acquisition, manipulation, and visualization, which makes it not only an animation productivity solution, but a tool that drives the iterative process of creativity.

MotionBuilder is available for Windows and Linux operating systems. It natively supports the platform-independent Autodesk FBX 3D data interchange solution allowing integration with applications that support FBX in a production pipeline. In addition to powerful animation features and an intuitive interface, MotionBuilder also includes dedicated tools for creating cameras, lights, shading, cartoon rendering, textures, shadows, and constraints.