Motion Builder
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Namespace
The exporter is looking for all the bones that are under this namespace and compares them with the model that we will use via "choose model".
You can rename the namespace by double clicking the LMB.
| Add Sel | Adds the selected namespace. |
| Delete | Removes the selected namespace. |
Animations
A list of animations.
| Add | Adds a new animation. |
| Clone | Clones the selected animation. The animation will be cloned with the same properties as the first. |
| Delete | Removes the selected animation. |
Properties
Properties for the selected animation.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Choose Model | Chooses the path to the model. |
| Choose Anim | Chooses the path to the animation. |
| Range Begin | Animation frames which will get into the engine. The animation exports into the engine without the last frame. |
| Range End | |
| Relative Nod | The object against which the animations will be recorded. If the field is empty, the animation records against the coordinate "world". The object needs to be in the namespace of the model which we defined in the tab "Namespace". |
| Delta | Makes the Delta animation. This is the difference in values between a pose set by the Delta Frame and all other poses. The difference in values in each frame will export into the engine. |
| XForm | XForm is the model space animation. Since there's no option to animate the coordinate center in 3D editors, we instead create an auxiliary object and animate it the way the model space is supposed to be animated in the engine. For example, we have a universal idle animation for a character. This animation puts a root bone in a certain position in relation to the model space center at the beginning and end of the animation. We also have a walk animation, taking the character from point A to point B. In this case, we must use the XForm option when exporting that walk in order to conform with two requirements:
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| Relative | Exports relative to the Relative Node. Works only when the Rel Node isn't empty. |
| Fix Relative | 90-degree rotation on the X axis. |
| Export Tags | Exports square time marks (tags). |
Export Scale | Exports the scale in the engine. If disabled, the scale won't be exported. |
| Fix Scale | Repairs the scale, since there is a difference of metrics between Exodus SDK and Maya by a factor of 100. |
| Current Take | Which take will be exported? |
| Range | Sets the range in the timeline to be the same as in the properties for the selected animation. |
| Export | Exports the selected animations into the engine. |
| Save | Saves the export's layout. |
| Reload | Reloads all information from uplugin to the Engine Export layout. |
Log
In this window you will find information about all export events such as:
- which bones and locators were exported.
- the export time.
- successful and unsuccessful exports.
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