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Autodesk provides a variety of online documentation material to help you install, learn, use, and develop applications for the Autodesk® MotionBuilder® software. These resources are available in the product, as well as in downloadable formats.

     Release Notes (zip - 270Kb)

     What's New (zip - 374Kb)

     Users Guide (zip - 46554Kb)

     MotionBuilder Help (zip - 59421Kb)

     MotionBuilder Open Reality SDK Help (zip - 7496Kb)

Extract the contents of the .zip file to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\MotionBuilder 2009\Help directory on a Windows XP 64−bit version and Windows Vista operating system, and to the C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MotionBuilder 2009\Help directory on the Windows XP 32−bit version.
Note: The MotionBuilder_OR_SDK_Help.chm includes the Developer’s Help and the Reference Help.

     MotionBuilder Python Scripting Help (zip - 3038Kb)

Extract the contents of the .zip file to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\MotionBuilder 2009\Help directory on a Windows XP 64−bit version and Windows Vista operating system, and to the C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MotionBuilder 2009\Help directory on the Windows XP 32−bit version.
Note: The MotionBuilder_PythonScripting_Help.chm includes the Developer’s Help and the Reference Help.

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