Rotate Character 90 Degrees

rotate90Deg

#Rotates a character 90 degrees without modifying the orientation of the root
#Create new layer, Rotate root 90, Set Key, merge layers, Bake to rig,
#Create new layer, rotate root to 0, set key, merge layers, bake to skeleton

#a script for removing all the keyframes on the root node
from pyfbsdk import *
import os.path, os, inspect, sys

# Find the animation node recurvesive by name.
def findAnimationNode( pName, pNode ): 
    lResult = None 
    lName = pName.split( '/' ) 
    for lNode in pNode.Nodes: 
        if lNode.Name == lName[0]: 
            if len( lName ) > 1: 
                lResult = findAnimationNode( pName.replace( '%s/' % lName[0], '' ), lNode ) 
            else: 
                lResult = lNode 
    return lResult 

def copyAnimation(pSrc, pDst ): 
    for pName in [ 'Lcl Translation/X','Lcl Translation/Z','Lcl Rotation/X','Lcl Rotation/Y','Lcl Rotation/Z']: 
        lSrcNode = findAnimationNode( pName, pSrc.AnimationNode ) 
        lDstNode = findAnimationNode( pName, pDst.AnimationNode )           

        if lSrcNode and lSrcNode.FCurve and lDstNode: 
            lDstNode.FCurve.KeyReplaceBy(lSrcNode.FCurve)


def ClearAnim( pNode ):
    if pNode.FCurve:
        pNode.FCurve.EditClear()
    else:
        for lNode in pNode.Nodes:
            ClearAnim( lNode )
            
            # Cleanup
            del( lNode )

#List to populate character template
lScene = FBSystem().Scene
lSystem = FBSystem()
lcharactersList = FBSystem().Scene.Characters
lchar = lcharactersList[0]

#select the first character
lchar.Selected = True

#find a joint
jointsList = FBComponentList()
FBFindObjectsByName('Character1_Reference', jointsList, False, True) 
rootJoint = jointsList[0];
jointsList2 = FBComponentList()
FBFindObjectsByName('Character1_Hips', jointsList2, False, True) 
hipsJoint = jointsList2[0];


#Set Time to 0
lPlayer = FBPlayerControl()
#lPlayer.Goto(FBTime(0, 0, 0, 0))

rootJoint.Translation.SetAnimated(True)
rootJoint.Rotation.SetAnimated(True)


'''
Create new Animation Layer
'''
lSystem.CurrentTake.CreateNewLayer()
lCount = lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayerCount()
lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayer(lCount-1).Name= "PythonLayer1"
lSystem.CurrentTake.SetCurrentLayer(lCount-1)


rootJoint.Rotation = FBVector3d(0.0, 90.0, 0.0)
lPlayer.Key()


'''
Merge Layers
'''
layer0 = lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayer(0) 
layer0.SelectLayer(True, False)

layer1 = lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayer(1)
layer1.SelectLayer(True, False)

lSystem.CurrentTake.MergeLayers(FBAnimationLayerMergeOptions.kFBAnimLayerMerge_SelectedLayer_CompleteScene, True, FBMergeLayerMode.kFBMergeLayerModeAutomatic)


'''
#bake to the rig 
'''
lOptions = FBPlotOptions()
lOptions.ConstantKeyReducerKeepOneKey = True
lOptions.PlotAllTakes = False
lOptions.PlotOnFrame = True
lOptions.PlotPeriod = FBTime( 0, 0, 0, 1 )
lOptions.PlotTranslationOnRootOnly = True
lOptions.PreciseTimeDiscontinuities = True
lOptions.RotationFilterToApply = FBRotationFilter.kFBRotationFilterGimbleKiller
lOptions.UseConstantKeyReducer = False
lchar.PlotAnimation (FBCharacterPlotWhere.kFBCharacterPlotOnControlRig,lOptions )



'''
Create new Animation Layer
'''
lSystem.CurrentTake.CreateNewLayer()
lCount = lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayerCount()
lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayer(lCount-1).Name= "PythonLayer1"
lSystem.CurrentTake.SetCurrentLayer(lCount-1)


rootJoint.Rotation = FBVector3d(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
lPlayer.Key()


'''
Merge Layers
'''
layer0 = lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayer(0) 
layer0.SelectLayer(True, False)

layer1 = lSystem.CurrentTake.GetLayer(1)
layer1.SelectLayer(True, False)

lSystem.CurrentTake.MergeLayers(FBAnimationLayerMergeOptions.kFBAnimLayerMerge_SelectedLayer_CompleteScene, True, FBMergeLayerMode.kFBMergeLayerModeAutomatic)


''' 
Bake back to skeleton
'''
## Plot the character animation to skeleton
lOptions = FBPlotOptions()
lOptions.ConstantKeyReducerKeepOneKey = True
lOptions.PlotAllTakes = False
lOptions.PlotOnFrame = True
lOptions.PlotPeriod = FBTime( 0, 0, 0, 1 )
lOptions.PlotTranslationOnRootOnly = True
lOptions.PreciseTimeDiscontinuities = True
lOptions.RotationFilterToApply = FBRotationFilter.kFBRotationFilterGimbleKiller
lOptions.UseConstantKeyReducer = False
lchar.PlotAnimation (FBCharacterPlotWhere.kFBCharacterPlotOnSkeleton,lOptions )