Send selected Python code snippets or whole files from SublimeText to MotionBuilder via telnet.
Easy Install
You can install this plugin directly from Sublime Package Control:
https://packagecontrol.io/packages/MotionBuilder
Note: Due to current naming policies, the listed package name is MotionBuilder - not MotionBuilderSublime.
Manual Install
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clone this repo into the
SublimeText2/3 -> Preference -> Browse Packagesdirectory:
git clone git://github.com/matthewkapfhammer/MotionBuilderSublime.git -
Edit the
MotionBuilderSublime.sublime-settingsfile, setting the port to match the commandPorts you have configured in MotionBuilder. -
Optionally edit the keymap file to change the default hotkey from ctrl+alt+shift+return to something else.
Note: Ideally you would make your custom changes to the user settings and not the default settings, so that they do not get overwritten when the plugin is updated.
To send a snippet, simply select some code in a Python script, and hit ctrl+alt+shift+return, or right click and choose "Send To MotionBuilder". A telnet connection will be made to a running MotionBuilder instance on the configured port matching Python, and the code will be run in MotionBuilder's environment.
The function that sends a Python command to MotionBuilder can also be used in any external application.
See MotionBuilderSublime.py -> telnet_write
MotionBuilderSublime is inspired by and primarily based on [MayaSublime] (https://github.com/justinfx/MayaSublime) by [Justin Israel] (https://github.com/justinfx).
Additional credit belongs to [Chris Evans] (https://github.com/chrisevans3d) for sharing how to handle a telnet connection to MotionBuilder in his blog post, [Creating Interactive MotionBuilder User Interface Tools] (http://www.chrisevans3d.com/pub_blog/creating-interactive-motionbuilder-user-interface-tools/).