MotionBuilder Utils (Visual Studio Code)

Editor features to assist when writing Python code for Autodesk MotionBuilder.

Features

Execute Code

Run code in MotionBuilder directly from within the editor

Command: MotionBuilder: Execute
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Enter

The selected text will be executed, if nothing is selected the entire document will be executed.

Code Completion

This extention comes with improved stub files for the pyfbsdk module.

• Feature complete (contains all of the functions & classes that can be accessed in the pyfbsdk module)
• Variable type annotations
• Readable descriptions

Command (to setup code completion): MotionBuilder: Setup Code Completion

Debugging

Attach VS Code to MotionBuilder to debug your scripts, set breakpoints & step through the code.

Command: MotionBuilder: Attach

Browse the Documentation

Quickly search through the official sdk documentation from within the editor, and open the page in a new web-browser tab.

Commands:

• MotionBuilder: Browse Documentation
• MotionBuilder: Browse Examples

Keyboard Shortcut (to browse the Python docs): Ctrl + F1

Note:

Commands can be run from VS Code's command palette, Show All Commands (Default shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + P)

Contact

If you have any questions, suggestions or run into issues, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

*This is a third-party extension and is not associated with Autodesk or MotionBuilder in any way.