Installing the module

To install a module:

1. Unzip the module.

2. Move or copy the module's entire directory tree to a local or shared location, depending on whether the module will be used by a single user or several user.

3. Make a copy of the module description file and change the first line of the entries to point to the location of the module directory.

4. Place a copy of the modified module description file into one of the following directories:

   Platform	Module search location
   Linux	$HOME/MB/<version>/config/Modules, $HOME/MB/Modules
   Windows	C:\Users\<username>\Documents\MB\<version>\config\Modules, C:\Users\<username>\Documents\MB\Modules\

   You can also add additional module search locations using the MOTIONBUILDER_MODULE_PATH environment variable.

   The search order for .mod files is MOTIONBUILDER_MODULE_PATH, followed by config/Modules, followed by MB/Modules, and finally <installationFolder>/bin/config/Modules. The search is not recursive.

When MotionBuilder starts up, it will search its module search locations, read in the module description file, and add the plug-ins and Python scripts in the module to its search path.