After creating the animation, you need to plot the animation if you want to import it into other compatible 3D software. Plotting is sometimes referred to as ‘baking’ or ‘transferring’, because it transfers all animation in your scene to selected models.

When you have keyframes on multiple layers, you can also plot to merge the animation from all layers to the Base Layer. Smart Plot options let you determine the number of keyframes that are added during the plotting process, to simplify editing the plotted animation.

Plotting animation also lets you create motion clips you can use in the Story window and in the Animation Trigger window.

In MotionBuilder, there are many different plotting options, depending on what you are doing, and what type of animation you are working with.