MB-Lab Modules

The Modules of MB-Lab are the Python files, the engines that run under the hood.

Main Modules

The main modules are derived from the original code of ManuelBastioniLAB ver 1.6.1

Since the beginning of the fork this code has evolved and expanded over time.

_ init _.py

This is the core of the addon.

• Function calls

• GUI Elements

algorithms.py

Contains various functions for every engine.

animationengine.py

Handles the animation import and assigning to skeleton

• Retargeting

• Identifies Bones

• Similar functions (expand)

• Loads BVH files, saves and loads poses.

humanoid.py

Handles much of the character changing functions including Auto-Modelling.

materialengine.py

This is where the image textures get loaded and applied to nodes

morphengine.py

This is where the morphs of the character are loaded from JSON files

proxyengine.py

Handles the Proxy Fitting functions

skeletonengine.py

Loads and applies the skeleton (either FK or IK) to the character

New Modules

The new modules have been added over time to support the main code.

hairengine.py

This is the code that applies the hair to MB-Lab characters

file_ops.py

Contains code that handle file operations

morphcreator.py

Module to create and edit the JSON morph library

material_ops.py

Contain functions that control some of the materials in MB-Lab

object_ops.py

Contain functions that help in object manipulation

facerig.py

This is the code that controls the face rig

preferences.py

Related to the Auto-updater along with other options for Preferences

utils.py

Contain helper code for other engines

creation_tools_ops.py

Main code for the MB-Dev framework

expressionscreator.py

Code to help create new expressions

jointscreator.py

Code to make the joints JSON

measurescreator.py

Creates the measurement JSON files

skeleton_ops.py

Helps in the creation of the Joints and Skeleton

transfor.py

Contains code for the transformation files

vgroupscreator.py

Creates the Vertex Weight JSON files

mesh_ops.py

Functions to help with the mesh editing

node_ops.py

Code to help with the Hair shader creation

numpy_ops.py

Code to place the Hair JSON data into compressed NPZ files

humanoid_rotations.py

Contains code for the human rotation limit feature

Addon Updater Modules

The Addon Updater code was adopted from CGCookie’s original code.

addon_updater.py

The main code for the auto-updater

addon_updater_ops.py

Contains functions and the settings for the auto-updater