Exporting

 
 
 

Exporting motion files is a method of transferring data from MotionBuilder to a variety of different motion file formats. MotionBuilder lets you export the following motion data, scene, and skeleton file formats:

Import Format Description
3D Studio Scene (.3ds) 3ds Max file format is a scene format that opens its own custom dialog boxes. See Exporting options for scenes.
Acclaim (*.asf, *.amc) Acclaim format is a dual format where an .asf file contains a definition of a skeleton and one or more .amc files contain the motion data used by the skeleton.
Biovision (*.bvh) Biovision file format for hierarchical or skeletal-based data.
DXF scene (*.dxf) AutoCAD file format, which is a scene format that opens its own custom dialog boxes. See Exporting options for scenes.
Motion Analysis (*.htr) Hierarchical Transformation Rotation, a hierarchical skeleton data format captured using Motion Analysis capture hardware.
Motion Analysis (*.trc) Motion Analysis .trc format.
Obj (*.obj) Objects file format for loading object information into Maya.
Vicon (*.c3d) Motion data file created with Vicon capture hardware.

Some file formats provide additional options that display beneath the Existing Files options in the Export Option dialog box.