Updating imported Python scripts

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I've been having some issues with imported Python Scripts on Motionbuilder.

I have a small module that I created, but I did not want to leave it at

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MotionBuilder 2015\bin\x64\python\lib

where MotionBuilder will look for scripts.

I am leaving them in another folder. For this reason I am importing my other folder into the Path variable, such as follows

from pyfbsdk import *
import json
import os, sys

#Expand path, and import module
lib_folder = os.path.expanduser('~User321\\Drive\\scripts')
if sys.path[-1] != lib_folder:
    sys.path.append(lib_folder)
import serialize_helper

I am assuming the folder would be at the last position of my sys.path.

This solution works. The problem happens when I want to make some modifications to the file "serialize_helper.py". Motionbuilder won't reload the updated script, unless I close the whole program, and try restarting it. Does anybody have a suggestion. Am I doing it wrong? Is there a proper way of loading modules?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You need to reload your module to force mobu to update it. Add this to your code:

import serialize_helper
reload(serialize_helper)

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot