Additional Changes

Topics in this section

• Sharing Help Topics

  This release of the MotionBuilder Help includes a Share UI button at the top right of the topic page enabling you to send a link to the Help topic via your default e-mail application.

• Resolution-Independent Editing Layout

  Unlike the Scripting layout, Preview layout, and custom layout, the Editing layout remains consistent regardless of your screen's resolution. thus providing a uniform editing layout experience on all systems.

• Profiling Center Window
• FCurves Window
• Namespace Support for Story Tracks
• Refreshing the Viewer Window
• Video Settings
• Setting Network License Timeout

  The License Timeout option enables you to define the duration a MotionBuilder session can be idle before the network license is reclaimed by the license server. You set the license timeout in the MotionBuilder Application preference settings.

• Python and OR SDK Sample Files

  This release includes new Python and SDK sample files.

• FBX SDK Support

  This release supports Autodesk FBX SDK version 2013 to align with other Autodesk software products.

• Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) File Support

  This release supports the audio Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) , a format for audio data files in broadcasting.

• DDS File Format Support

  This release extends the support of DDS (DirectDraw Surface) (binary) file format to DDS BC4, DDS BC5, DDS ATI1, and DDS ATI2 files.

• CgFX Support

  This release supports an updated version of the CgFX library.

• Unsupported Audio File Formats

  Some audio file formats supported in the MotionBuilder 2012 release are not supported in this release.

• Enhancements in Timecode

  In this release, the Timecode frame rate precision error is fixed, more frame rates are added, and the hours unit is displayed as two digits.

• Align Control Rig property

  The Rig Align property in the previous release is replaced by the new Align Control Rig property.