MotionBuilder is available for both 32 and 64-bit architectures. By default, the 32-bit version of MotionBuilder is installed under the following directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\MotionBuilder 2012 (32-bit)\
Similarly, the 64-bit version of MotionBuilder is installed under the following directory:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MotionBuilder 2012 (64-bit)\
These two installation paths will be referred to as [MotionBuilder] in the remainder of this topic, to represent the path of your MotionBuilder installation directory.
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| [MotionBuilder]\OpenRealitySDK\include | Header files. |
| [MotionBuilder]\OpenRealitySDK\lib\win32 or x64 | Library files. |
| [MotionBuilder]\OpenRealitySDK\samples | C++ samples, including Visual Studio solution files. |
| [MotionBuilder]\OpenRealitySDK\scenes | Sample scene data. |
| Library Name | Description |
|---|---|
| cg.lib, cgGL.lib | Cg header files and libraries provided by the Cg Toolkit 1.1. |
| fbsdk.lib | MotionBuilder SDK. |
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| [MotionBuilder]\bin\config\Python | Contains Python modules used in MotionBuilder. Also contains keyboard configuration file. For more information on customizing keyboard shortcuts, see Managing Python Tools. |
| [MotionBuilder]\bin\config\Scripts | Sample Python scripts. These are described in the Sample Programs topic. |
| [MotionBuilder]\bin\[win32|x64]\python\lib\plat-win\pyfbsdk.pyd | The pyfbsdk Python module, which encapsulates the majority of the MotionBuilder SDK Python functionality. |
| [MotionBuilder]\bin\config\Python\pyfbsdk_additions.py | Contains Python code used to bridge functionality between the OpenReality C++ SDK and Python. It contains tool management functions and some UI creation helper classes. |
In the latest versions of Windows, only administrative users have the permission to write to the Program Files directory. To enable non-administrative users to customize MotionBuilder's configuration files, MotionBuilder creates the following directory for each user that opens MotionBuilder:
C:\Users\[user]\Documents\MB\2012\config\
This user configuration directory, which we will refer to as [config], allows each user to specify his or her own keyboard shortcuts, Python startup programs and scripts, character templates, and layouts. The [config] directory is created using the [MotionBuilder]\bin\config\ directory as a template.
Users can place Python scripts in the [config]\PythonStartup directory to have their scripts run when MotionBuilder starts up. For more information, see Running Python Scripts and Command Line Options.
