https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/is-there-a-method-for-identifying-what-has-been-fbaplication/m-p/11348967#M472 <P>Yeah, I know what you mean. I've used that myself and always felt like there should be something else. Couple of other tricks for characters:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><UL><LI>Add them to a namespace on Merge using FBFbxOptions.<SPAN>NamespaceList = YOUR_NAMESPACE</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>After merging, get the last character added to the scene using&nbsp;FBSystem().Scene.Characters[-1] - each time you add or create a character it's added to the end of the list.</SPAN></LI></UL><P><SPAN>Hopefully one of these feels a little more tidy <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 09 Aug 2022 14:23:40 GMT Mocappy 2022-08-09T14:23:40Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/is-there-a-method-for-identifying-what-has-been-fbaplication/m-p/11330532#M471 <P>Lets say you FileMerge() and FBX with a character. Is there any way to easily identify and isolate what components have just been imported. An Example is HIKCharacters and getting their immediate reference is important.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />My work around is to just use&nbsp;<SPAN>FBSystem().Scene.Characters before and after FileMerge(), but that feels messier than it needs to be. Any optimizations would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp;<BR /><BR /></SPAN></P> Sat, 30 Jul 2022 19:45:42 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/is-there-a-method-for-identifying-what-has-been-fbaplication/m-p/11330532#M471 aaron.low84JVP 2022-07-30T19:45:42Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/is-there-a-method-for-identifying-what-has-been-fbaplication/m-p/11348967#M472 <P>Yeah, I know what you mean. I've used that myself and always felt like there should be something else. Couple of other tricks for characters:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><UL><LI>Add them to a namespace on Merge using FBFbxOptions.<SPAN>NamespaceList = YOUR_NAMESPACE</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>After merging, get the last character added to the scene using&nbsp;FBSystem().Scene.Characters[-1] - each time you add or create a character it's added to the end of the list.</SPAN></LI></UL><P><SPAN>Hopefully one of these feels a little more tidy <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 09 Aug 2022 14:23:40 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/is-there-a-method-for-identifying-what-has-been-fbaplication/m-p/11348967#M472 Mocappy 2022-08-09T14:23:40Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/is-there-a-method-for-identifying-what-has-been-fbaplication/m-p/11349144#M473 <P>What a surprise!<BR />I was just thinking about one of your youtube videos, using the same method! (Love the idea of IKhelpers Namespaces)<BR />Thank you,<BR />Big fan!&nbsp;</P> Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:41:06 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/motionbuilder-forum/is-there-a-method-for-identifying-what-has-been-fbaplication/m-p/11349144#M473 aaron.low84JVP 2022-08-09T15:41:06Z