Building anim_pipeline

anim_pipeline converts animations made with modeling tools such as Maya or Blender into Motive's spline format.

Motive includes prebuilt anim_pipeline binaries for Windows, OS X, and Linux.

If you'd like to make modifications to anim_pipeline you can also build it from source by following the instructions below.

Prerequisites

Prior to building, please install the prerequisites below.

• Install the Motive prerequisites for Windows, prerequisites for OSX, or prerequisites for Linux.
• Then install the FBX SDK version 2015.1 or newer, at any location.
• Set the FBX_SDK environment variable to the root directory of the FBX SDK.

Building

• Open a command line window.
• Navigate to the motive/src/anim_pipeline directory.
• Generate Makefiles from the CMake project.
• Build the binary to the bin directory by:
  • executing make, on Linux (or OS X command line)
  • opening the Visual Studio solution and building, on Windows
  • opening the Xcode project and building, on OS X

For example, on Linux:

cd motive/src/anim_pipeline
cmake -G'Unix Makefiles'
make