Recommended License Edition Versions
Trial
2.4.12
 
Eco
2.0.6
(When the next Bundled release will be available?)  
Pro
2.4.12
 
Premium
2.4.12
 
Freelancer
2.4.12
 
Lifetime
1.0.17
(When the next Bundled release will be available?)  
Educational
2.4.12
 
Enterprise
2.4.8
(Can Enterprise Edition use a newer version?)  
All Available Versions

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Ongoing

Beta
 
2.4.12
 
 
2.4.11
 
 
2.4.8
 
 
2.4.4
 
2.0.6
   
2.0.4
   
1.0.17
   
Release Notes
Version 2.4.12
  Published Thursday 21st of March 2024 02:33:04 AM
 
Fixed issue with animBot Launch at Startup when Maya Home Screen is active.
Hotfix for Attribute Space Switcher crashing on Rotation Order switch.
Version 2.4.11
  Published Wednesday 21st of February 2024 04:49:45 AM
 
Hotfix for issue with animBot refreshing itself when using hotkeys.
Hotfix for errors in Windows Python 2.
  Published Friday 16th of February 2024 06:18:48 PM
 
Added option to turn OFF auto select Smart Sets Tabs.
Added support for Attribute Switcher with non-linear enum indexes.
 
Fixed Motion Trail issue introduced on version 2.4.5 on Maya 2018.
Fixed Bounce Tangent for non 24fps scenes.
Fixed api call createTimeBookmark when startFrame or endFrame was set to frame 0.
Fixed module object has no attribute cacheEvaluator error when cacheEvaluator plugin is not loaded.
Fixed dll warning on Mac Arm.
Fixed Workspace Swap in Maya 2023 and 2024 making animBot floating.
Version 2.4.8
  Published Monday 8th of May 2023 11:26:05 AM
 
Fixed crash issues with activating a trial in Maya 2024.
  Published Thursday 4th of May 2023 07:10:26 PM
 
Fixed crash issues with Maya 2024.
  Published Saturday 1st of April 2023 12:20:09 AM
 
Ready for Maya 2024!
 
Added API commands getAnimbotDataInTheScene and importAnimbotData. More info at animbot.ca/api.
 
Fixed Paste Key Relative for scenes other than 24fps.
Fixed Cache Playback recache when using Motion Trail.
Fixed Auto Mirror on attributes with hard max and hard min.
Version 2.4.4
  Published Wednesday 11th of January 2023 04:55:15 PM
 
Fixed GE right click menus failing when animBot Graph Editor Toolbar is enabled.
Fixed Server Down message when activating the license on Maya 2022 and 2023.
  Published Monday 7th of November 2022 11:34:57 PM
 
Hotfix for activating without internet on Maya 2022 and 2023.
  Published Monday 24th of October 2022 10:51:53 AM
 
Implemented support for Ctl (meta) modifier key for Mac.
 
Fixed issues caused by Temp Controls being tagged as Maya controllers.
Fixed World Space sliders for controls with non zero local rotate pivot values.
Fixed TypeError issue with Attribute Space Switcher on rotation order.
Fixed issue with importing multiple Temp Controls.
Fixed issue with copying a single animation channel.
Fixed Motion Trail issue when running on legacy viewport.
  Published Thursday 28th of April 2022 10:32:12 PM
 
Hotfix for Select Sets.
Hotfix for Motion Trail.
Hotfix for Timeline Boost Grow and Shrink timeline selection.
Fixed issue with not being able to change toolbar alignment on the Workspace Window.
Fixed Tumble Around Selection slowing down panning.
Other minor fixes.
  Published Friday 1st of April 2022 07:28:47 PM
 
Another big development leap! Ready for Maya 2023.
A brand new Temp Control system (FK Chain Control), couple new sliders and few commands plus tons of improvements overall.
As with any big release, please be mindful that you can revert your installation if any new issue prevent you from working, by downloading any release at animbot.ca/versions.
 
Connect To Neighbors
Gap Stitcher
Paste Mirror Pose
Paste Mirror Animation
Select Hierarchy Animated
Select Animated Rig Controls
 
Implemented API for Select Sets. More info at animbot.ca/api.
New Temp Control system: FK Chain Control
New Temp Control command: Clear and Revert
Added Import and Export capabilities to Temp Controls.
Added anim layers support for Temp Controls.
Select Rig Controls will now also select associated Temp Controls.
Temp Controls will now remove an inactive clashing Temp Control when creating new ones.
Micro Manipulator overhaul. From the surface it is the same tool, but the engine has been completely redesigned for a more robust performance.
Improved Tumble Around Selection performance and pivot prediction.
Select Sets Window will now remember size and position per scene.
Added support for mirroring opposite attributes within the same rig control (i.e. when eyebrow_L and eyebrow_R belong to a single rig control).
Improved Select Rig Controls performance.
Improved performance for loading snapshot data from other saved characters, for characters without snapshot data.
Added subframe support for Paste Xform (it will Smart Snap them).
Improved Auto Hide Static Anim Curves.
Added support for nested reference.
Improved support for non-referenced assets.
Improved Mirror Snapshot on the Fly accuracy.
Now we can Paste Xform only for all translations or only for all rotations, by selecting channels on the channelbox.
Slider Simplify Bake Keys will now bake keys on current frame inbetween neighbor keys, when there is no keys selected.
Improved target anim curves from timeline, it will always target it if mouse is over it, even if keys are selected in Graph Editor.
Added new toolbar positions: Top of Viewport and Bottom of Viewport.
Temp Pivot to Last Selected will now remember last used pivot object for single selections.
Improved Paste Animation remapping for single objects.
Improved Smart Euler Filter algorithm.
Smart Euler Filter will now act on all applicable sliders.
Improved rotation interpolation for World Space sliders, now it takes the shortest path, rather than the euler path.
Added Solve Gimbal Interpolation option for Baking Tools, the ultimate resource to fix gimbal locks!
Attribute Space Switcher will no longer set keys for non exposed rotation orders.
Attribute Switcher will now show gimbal results for selected range.
Added frame argument for API setSlider call, good when using sliders with blend to frame option.
Improved Anim Recovery loading performance.
 
Fixed Motion Trail index out of range error when setting a new range.
Fixed Motion Trail take a very long time to refresh after adding or removing several keyframes from objects.
Fixed Motion Trail in Camera Space being off when viewport was in Overscan or Fill modes.
Fixed Motion Trail in Camera Space being off at current frame when in parallel evaluation.
Fixed Motion Trail not refreshing when in parallel, after a time change.
Fixed Tweener and Easy In Out sliders resetting the pose on the second click when Smart Euler Filter is enabled.
Fixed Tint Yellow Key not being undoable.
Fixed Auto Clear Channel Box Selection lag when selecting many objects.
Fixed Temp Controls Toggle and Revert not properly removing the blend parent and also not reverting properly when there was no animation before.
Fixed Temp Controls Aim Control aim and pole vector in parent space resetting on reloading scene.
Fixed Temp Controls Group Control removing a control from the group when it had children or parent extra controls.
Fixed Temp Controls Group Control animation offset when creating it in world space over animated rig controls.
Fixed Attribute Space Switcher menus sometimes hanging on screen.
Tweaked unicode encoding to fix issues with latin base.
Fixed kInvalidParameter error when Set Smart Keys on a timeline range.
Fixed Bake Frames from timeline not baking last frame subframes as well as high precision decimals.
Fixed Mirror Keys keeping old keys.
Fixed mismatching channels when pasting animation from one non-referenced object to another.
Fixed Time Offsetter changing step tangents.
Fixed Smart Euler Filter button unintended toggling when control clicking.
Fixed Bake Frames Smart Key Color mismatching.
Fixed issue with Anim Recovery accumulating callbacks.
Fixed Anim Recovery mixing up checkpoints among files from same Maya session.
Fixed Anim Recovery causing crashes when running scripts that change attribute values and deleted the nodes afterwards.
Fixed issue with roam floating license disconnecting.
Fixed sliders frame picking glitches on Windows.
  Published Monday 17th of January 2022 11:05:07 PM
 
Hotfix for Unload And Return Roam License command.
Hotfix for hotkeys failing on and off (Windows).
  Published Tuesday 11th of January 2022 07:21:22 PM
 
Pin menu items will now show tooltips.
Temp Pivot will avoid entering in pivot edit mode for an control that user has already edited it before.
Nudge will now replace keys instead of Maya stacking it up with fractional values.
Now we can edit attributes in Channel Box when Micro Manipulator is enabled.
Added compatibility for Temp Pivot and Micro Manipulator to work together.
Added compatibility for Temp Pivot and Sync Isolate Select to work together.
Added compatibility for Mirror Pose to work when Auto Mirror is enabled.
Added compatibility for Auto Mirror to work with editing anim curves (Graph Editor, animBot Sliders, etc).
 
Fixed activation issues for non-ascii usernames in Maya 2022.
Added support for non-ascii character in userSetup.py for Maya 2022 Win.
Fixed editing workspace for Graph Editor toolbar when it was not visible.
Reset Temp Pivot will now also reset orientation.
Fixed QR code for Maya 2022 offline activation.
  Published Tuesday 28th of December 2021 10:36:25 PM
 
Improved Euler Filter performance and accuracy.
 
Fixed undoing issue when using Tweener slider with Smart Euler Filter.
Fixed Graph Editor zooming out when running commands while in stacked view.
Fixed greyed out floating Graph Editor on Windows when loading animBot toolbar.
Fixed baking exception for animated matrix attributes.
  Published Friday 17th of December 2021 11:57:35 AM
 
Hotfix for asset snapshot data encoding error.
  Published Thursday 16th of December 2021 07:40:50 PM
 
Implemented API command highlightTimelineRange. More info at animbot.ca/api.
 
Hotfix for Smart Select Sets.
Hotfix for Motion Trail.
Fixed activation issues for non-ascii usernames.
Fixed Graph Editor grayed out for some Windows users, when loading animBot toolbar on it.
  Published Tuesday 14th of December 2021 07:40:53 PM
 
Moved Grow and Shrink keys selection under Selection Extra Tools.
Tangent Sliders will not set any keys.
Select Sets will automatically select Temp Controls associated with its contents.
 
Fixed Motion Trail exceptions when setting a new range outside the original range.
Fixed Set Smart Key exception and improve it for linear tangents.
  Published Saturday 11th of December 2021 03:31:56 AM
 
Another hotfix for undoing issue when using Tweener slider with Smart Euler Filter.
  Published Friday 10th of December 2021 02:03:09 PM
 
Hotfix for license activation issues when username or hostname had non-ascii characters.
Hotfix for undoing issue when using Tweener slider with Smart Euler Filter.
  Published Thursday 9th of December 2021 08:48:56 PM
 
Introducing the Graph Editor Toolbar. A second animBot toolbar exclusive and tailored to the Graph Editor, fully customizable.
 
Graph Editor Toolbar
Bake Infinity
Master Spline
 
Toolbar now spread to multiple lines if needed.
Improved Time Bookmarks performance.
Baking will now keep keys outside baking range when baking simple anim curves connections.
Improved paste animation performance and overall performance when graph editor is visible.
Made possible to access right click menus, when available, within modifier shortcuts.
Precise Transform and Nudge Values remember last used value.
 
Hotfix for Bake From Last Selected.
Fixed Timeline Boost suspending viewport refresh when nudging a range.
Fixed custom tangents being calculated differently when keys were selected in the timeline.
Fixed Temp Control Group system label not changing at creation.
Fixed Temp Control Panel leaving anim control nodes listed after baking.
Fixed license activation issues when username or hostname had non-ascii characters.
Fixed Anim Recovery window blocking clicking anywhere else at startup.
Fixed undoing issue when using Tweener slider with Smart Euler Filter.
  Published Wednesday 8th of September 2021 06:49:57 PM
 
Hide Static Anim Curves will avoid auto framing.
Grouped undoing for Temp Control property sliders.
 
Hotfix for roam licensing on Windows.
Fixed Set Smart Key insert key issue introduced on 2.2.0.
It was found that the api call MAnimControl.setCurrentTime causes conflicts and crashes with some custom plugins running in parallel evaluation mode. In this release we switched to cmds.currentTime for stability, with virtually no performance impact.
  Published Thursday 5th of August 2021 12:08:42 PM
 
Timeline Boost will now replace keys instead of the native stacking up, when nudging keys on top of each other.
 
Fixed inverted wheel direction on Windows and Linux and added a pref to flip wheel scroll direction.
Fixed individual sliders pop up starting up with no overshoots.
Fixed config json cache and the command unload and return for Enterprise Edition roam licensing.
Fixed index errors with Motion Trail.
  Published Wednesday 21st of July 2021 12:29:29 PM
 
This article will guide you through all the changes from 2.1.7 to 2.2.x:
help.animbot.ca/support/solutions/articles/61000295989-major-updates-on-2-2-0
 
Fixed issue when applying tangents to multiple anim curves.
Fixed baking anim layers.
Hotfixes for the new Baking Tools and Temp Controls.
  Published Friday 16th of July 2021 06:59:59 PM
 
A bunch of new tools that will take retiming and tangent editing to another level.
 
Blend To Align
Blend To Xform Relationship
Blend To Xform World Space
Blend To Best Guess Tangent
Blend To Polished Tangent
Blend To Flow Tangent
Blend To Bounce Tangent
Blend To Auto Tangent
Blend To Spline Tangent
Blend To Clamped Tangent
Blend To Linear Tangent
Blend To Flat Tangent
Blend To Plateau Tangent
Auto Playblast Visibility Mode
Set Inbetween
Timeline Boost
Grow Keys Selection
Shrink Keys Selection
Flow Tangent
Baking Tools
 
Share Keys is now part of Baking Tools and has a new name: Share Key Times.
 
Added individual Sliders Pop Up.
Implemented mouse wheel on sliders.
Sliders Pop Up will close on hotkey release if hotkey is held for at least 1 second.
Added Toggle and Revert for Temp Controls.
Implemented update process within Maya for Enterprise Edition when installed locally in user folder.
Snapshot Preferred Default Pose can now be done on selected channels individually.
Improved sliders frame picking experience. Now we can press ESC to cancel it and type in the frame.
Improved Polished Tangent algorithm.
Now it is possible to apply animBot custom tangents to individual in or out tangents handles.
Implemented auto hide asset from channel box, which is essential to properly get the correct channels when nodes are under assets.
Improved translation UI interpretation.
Temp Controls can now be created with different spaces for position and orientation, right off the bat.
Temp Controls now remembers Aim Control orientation and aim distance.
Temp Controls now will avoid setting extra keys on all translations and rotations in object space, when switching.
Added World Space for Aim Control System aim and pole vector.
Optimized performance and improved world space sliders.
 
Fixed Time Offsetter and Paste Key Relative issues with scene units other than centimeter.
Fixed sliders UI broken state if sliding plus right clicking.
Fixed issues with Insert and Remove Inbetween in Graph Edtitor
Fixed issue when animBot node was not present in the scene but under a reference.
Fixed Snapshot Mirror Settings for center controls that mismatch world axis orientation.
Fixed Motion Trail camera space index error.
Fixed issues with Gobal Offset undoing and redoing.
Fixed Set Smart Keys keying wrong curves when selected in graph editor on non active anim layers.
  Published Friday 2nd of July 2021 02:48:40 PM
 
Hotfix for Enterprise Edition heart beat enabling.
  Published Thursday 20th of May 2021 10:43:23 AM
 
Hotfix for Ease in Out Slider.
Hotfix for Maya 2017.
  Published Wednesday 19th of May 2021 04:48:18 PM
 
Improved how Grab Release adds its first grab (it will automatically add a release before it if the grab is not at first frame).
Improved Temp Controls size guess.
 
Fixed issue with Tweener and Ease sliders creating a initial pop when Smart Euler Filter was enabled.
Fixed OpenAnimbot issues in Python 3.
Fixed undo issues in Python 3 for Enterprise Edition.
Fixed Motion Trail refresh issues at current frame.
Fixed problems with creating Temp Controls flipping orientations (i.e. for HIK controls).
  Published Thursday 13th of May 2021 05:10:35 PM
 
Paste Keys Relative will now merge keys.
 
Fixed Aim Control pre setup canceling itself automatically in parallel eval mode.
Fixed Axis Orient to Camera for vertices.
Fixed Temp Controls locking leaving position and orientation out of sync when they were not equal.
Fixed issues with using PgUp and PgDown hotkeys.
  Published Thursday 6th of May 2021 05:08:30 PM
 
Important update for Windows users. If you are on Windows, please ignore updating from Maya and get this update from:
animbot.ca/versions
It fixes an issue introduced recently that would make Maya Standalone Sessions to not work as they should, affecting updating animBot from Maya and Anim Recovery to function properly.
 
Fixed Maya Standalone Sessions failing for windows users.
Fixed unicode errors for latin characters in username.
Hotfix for Smart Select Sets Tabs auto selection.
  Published Wednesday 5th of May 2021 04:57:28 PM
 
Relative and Grab Release spaces automatically get source nodes for existent Temp Controls, when adding them as drivers.
Select Sets will automatically select Smart Tabs based on current selection.
Improved how Select Sets deal with non existent nodes.
 
Hotfix for mirror slowness introduced on v2.1.2.
Fixed Select Sets failing to create a set if there was referenced selection sets in the scene.
Fixed issue where Temp Controls would keep edit pivot data after resetting it.
Fixed grab release not refreshing properly if one of its keyframes matches current frame.
  Published Thursday 29th of April 2021 05:05:39 PM
 
Added new Temp Control: Aim Control.
Optimized Temp Controls performance.
Paste Keys will paste to current frame if selection had not changed.
Now we can double click a Temp Control type to create it, instead of hitting the OK button.
Temp Controls now remember their properties when creating it again or for opposite controls.
Implemented mirror support for Temp Controls (object space).
Implemented a debug test for Maya Standalone Sessions.
 
Users can now delete editing pivot handle for a Temp Control to finish the editing process.
Fixed Temp Controls Could not add constraint or connections when pref was set to not blend with constraints.
Fixed icons and images not loading properly when username had non-ascii characters.
Fixed Reset Pose not undoing created keys.
Fixed No object matches name errors.
Fixed tangents unlocking upon undoing after setting a tangent.
Fixed motion trail needing a force refresh after setting or deleting keys.
Fixed Global Offset issue for Linear and Time anim curve values if scene unit was different than centimeters.
  Published Tuesday 13th of April 2021 08:19:37 PM
 
Introducing Languages and Temp Controls, the most powerful animBot tool. Check out this guide:
animbot.ca/links/temp_controls
 
Temp Controls
Anim Bot Language
 
Switching rotation order on non exposed attributes will not key them anymore.
Sliders Pop Up now closes itself after use.
Paste Pose will automatically switch rotation order to match target animation.
Implemented Roam Licensing for Enterprise Edition.
 
Hot fix for Time Offsetter Stagger tangents.
Hot fix for standalone Maya sessions on Python 3.
Fixed Simplify Bake Keys slider error: < not supported between instances of dict and dict.
Fixed Maya 2016 and 2017 error: global name QGuiApplication is not defined.
Fixed Paste Pose issue with rotation order keys not sticking.
Fixed Mirror All Keys applying just a section if there was a range selected.
Fixed tooltips getting stuck on the screen when switching to a different application.
Version 2.0.6
  Published Wednesday 21st of February 2024 04:58:46 AM
 
Hotfix for issue with animBot refreshing itself when using hotkeys.
Hotfix for errors in Windows Python 2.
  Published Friday 16th of February 2024 09:03:45 PM
 
Ready for Maya 2024, it comes with all improvements and fixes up to 2.4.10.
Version 2.0.4
  Published Wednesday 9th of November 2022 05:02:45 PM
 
Hotfix for activating without internet on Maya 2022 and 2023.
  Published Thursday 3rd of November 2022 06:46:47 PM
 
Ready for Maya 2023!
This Bundled release contains all improvements and bug fixes up to Ongoing 2.4.2, as well as some new features: Bake Infinity, Timeline Boost, Baking Tools, Copy/Cut/Paste/PasteRelative/Delete Keys, Paste Mirror Pose, Paste Mirror Animation, Select Hierarchy Animated, Select Animated Rig Controls
  Published Tuesday 18th of January 2022 12:19:57 PM
 
Hotfix for Unload And Return Roam License command.
Hotfix for hotkeys failing on and off (Windows).
Hotfix for Select Sets.
  Published Tuesday 11th of January 2022 08:36:41 PM
 
Many improvements, bug fixes and a few new features: Tangent Sliders, Auto Playblast, Visibility Mode, Set Inbetween, Grow Keys Selection, Shrink Keys Selection, Flow Tangent, Time Offsetter Stagger and Languages.
There are still many features missing in comparison with Pro Edition, please see details at:
animbot.ca/bundled
  Published Tuesday 13th of April 2021 06:25:53 PM
 
Ready for Maya 2022, contains all new features up to the version 1.4.26 (Workspace, Sliders Pop Up, Select Sets Pop Up and Mirror To Frame) as well as all improvements and bug fixes from the latest Ongoing release.
Please check release notes from version 1.0.16 up to 2.1.0 for more details.
animbot.ca/versions
 
Mirror To Frame
Select Sets Pop Up
Sliders Pop Up
Workspace
  Published Tuesday 6th of April 2021 08:38:35 PM
 
First version compatible with Maya 2022, a few new features and first version of animbot API. Visit this for more info:
animbot.ca/api
 
Time Offsetter Stagger
Copy Keys
Cut Keys
Paste Keys
Paste Keys Relative
Delete Keys
Anim Bot Language
 
Compiled for Maya 2022.
Implemented API for sliders, Temp Controls and Time Bookmarks. More info at animbot.ca/api.
Added Clear All Time Bookmarks command.
Added Snapshots for Playblast Visibility Mode and Animation Visibility Mode commands.
Implemented tangent support for Xform.
Implemented hotkeys for picking frames for Blend to Frame, Scale from Frame and Mirror to Frame sliders.
Renamed Motion Trail Object Space to Relative Space for consistency with other tools.
Share Keys will not key static channels for objects with animation in other channels.
Reverted feature that would make all tool widget windows to stay on top of others and made the Select Sets window optional.
Added an extra visual queue on the timeline when Auto Bots tools are running.
Changed the command name Deselect Non Keyed Objects to Select Objects From Keys, to improve its understanding.
Optimized paste animation speed when copying small ranges from heavy animation data.
Added support for multi Graph Editor.
Improved how Pull Push and Blend to Infinity calculates custom tangents.
Sliders and Nudge tools now maintain the timeline highlight selection for subsequent immediate use.
Implemented a workaround for the Maya motion trail issue when a Wire Deformer is present (motion trail shows up offset and shrunk).
Optimized how Motion Trail requests updates.
Some sliders will now perform even when there is no keys: Scale from Default, Blend to Default, Blend to Frame World Space.
Added tangent support for Time Offsetter.
Time Offsetter now cycles isolated for affected section.
Sliders Overshoot is now a preference that sticks through.
Sliders right click menus now show tooltips.
Control + Shift + Alt + middle clicking a button or menu item will open Hotkey Editor to set a hotkey for it.
 
Fixed mod key conflict from Blend to Undo and Blend to Frame World Space.
Fixed animation pasting speed slowdown when graph editor was visible and many objects were selected.
Fixed issue with paste pose not working on HIK limbs on an anim layer.
Fixed the issue with applying Smart Euler Filter without a selection would do nothing.
Fixed cycle issue with Auto Mirror and improved its performance.
Fixed an issue with Auto Bots tools packing a lot of events into a single undo chunk when left ON for too long.
Fixed issue when Smart Euler Filter would add an extra 360 degrees rotation to curves that key values were consecutively the same.
Fixed pop up windows such as Time Bookmarks sticking on screen even when clicking outside.
Fixed Zero Division error when using Motion Trail with transparency falloff on scenes with only 2 frames.
Fixed crash caused when inserting edge loop while symmetry and Tumble Around Selection was enabled.
Fixed Temp Pivot not refreshing the timeline keys when disabling it.
Fixed issues with undoing custom tangents.
Fixed Select Sets window getting 2 rows after renaming a set.
Fixed Smart Euler Filter lack of undo when applied to timeline with no selection.
Fixed issue with Motion Trail not updating after setting a range outside the original range.
Fixed crashes related to Motion Trail when other scripts sweep the timeline.
Fixed snapshot buttons not working when invoked from the Rig Snapshot section.
  Published Tuesday 1st of December 2020 07:12:51 PM
 
Improved Time Bookmarks Panel resize rules when dealing with lots of bookmarks.
Select Sets will stay on top of tear off viewports.
 
Fixed issue when removing yellow or red keys with a range selected would remove green keys.
Fixed Select Set retargetting the button to a reference that is present in the scene, when the original reference is only unloaded.
Hotfix for Anim Recovery loading anim layer data.
Fixed issue where running Snapshot Opposite Controls on a second Maya session would not update the information in the main session automatically.
Fixed issues with interface scaling on Maya 2017 - Windows.
Fixed Select Sets window wrong initial height.
Fixed Select Sets initiating off screen.
Fixed Temp Pivot initial orientation being set to World Space.
  Published Thursday 29th of October 2020 04:47:05 PM
 
Implemented support for Enterprise Edition config.json generated via Self Checkout.
 
Fixed Select Set merging dialog when adding the same contents to select set.
Fixed Mirror Settings Snapshot exception.
Fixed minor exceptions.
  Published Friday 16th of October 2020 05:10:33 PM
 
Wrapping up release 1.4.x stabilization. Minor fixes might still come, but this should be considered a fairly good stable release.
 
Animbot will remember if you have ever activated a license, so it will not show the misleading dialog to start a trial anymore, if the license ever gets disconnected.
 
Fixed minor exceptions.
  Published Thursday 15th of October 2020 12:54:01 PM
 
Pull Push slider overshoot tweaked to overshoot up to 200 percent.
Added warning if aligning more than 50 objects, to prevent accidental use.
Added license editions visual queue to upgrade dialog.
Added scroll bar to Time Bookmarks Panel.
Optimized Time Bookmarks performance when multiple overlaps.
Mirror to Frame will now consider the relative frame pick. This will help mirroring cycle poses without constantly picking frames.
 
Fixed Motion Trail exception when trying to trail a NURBS vertex.
Fixed problems when current namespace was set to other than root.
Fixed other minor exceptions.
Fixed issue where applying Tweener with Smart Euler Filter would select all keys.
  Published Friday 9th of October 2020 03:57:36 PM
 
Optimized mirror performance.
Improved seamless licensing validation.
Improved Select Rig Controls algorithm.
 
Fixed zero division error when snapshotting a rig with no center controls.
Fixed all known exceptions.
  Published Thursday 8th of October 2020 12:44:39 PM
 
Big improvement for the Mirror Snapshot! That will drastically reduce the need of using Fix Mirror Settings.
 
Increased precision of Mirror Snapshot and added support for capturing non-xform attributes.
Added support for opposite controls and mirror when rig has controls with same node names.
 
Fixed license disconnecting issues for Mac users when Hostname system variable is not set.
Fixed not being able to select keys when Auto Select Opposite was enabled.
  Published Monday 5th of October 2020 09:18:46 PM
 
Fixed Smart Snap Keys issue that would left fractional keys if more than one fractional keys encountered.
Fixed a few exceptions.
  Published Friday 2nd of October 2020 08:16:51 PM
 
Important fix for Smart Euler Filter.
 
Smart go to Keyframe will jump to next or previous frame if there is no keyframes, instead of doing nothing.
Improved debug logging.
Improved license validation process.
 
Fixed issues with Smart Euler Filter screwing up rotations.
Hotfix for target copying pose and animation from one object to another.
Hotfix for supporting anim curves with quaternion rotation interpolations.
Fixed Mirror multiple keys with anim layers.
Fixed Paste Insert Animation from anim layers.
Fixed issue with Mirror and Select Opposite stop working when a new file is opened in the same Maya session.
Fixed unicode issues using Drag Drop installation when username has non-ascii characters.
Fixed issue with icons and gifs not loading when username has non-ascii characters.
Fixed a few exceptions.
  Published Friday 25th of September 2020 10:37:24 PM
 
Hotfix for anim curves with quaternion rotation interpolations.
  Published Friday 25th of September 2020 04:43:21 PM
 
Anim Recovery will now recover Select Sets and Time Bookmarks. In addition to that, we can now import Select Sets and Time Bookmarks from other scenes through Time Machine UI.
Improved Anim Recovery filter for DAG changes that should be ignored and limited tracking of changes to improve overall performance.
Added support for anim curves with quaternion rotation interpolations.
Added Time Bookmarks new feature: Affected by Nudge Tools. Now we can use animBot Nudge and Inbetween tools to edit Time Bookmarks.
Improved Add and Remove inbetween, now if a range with no keys is selected, it will use that amount to insert or remove inbetweens.
 
Fixed vertex Motion Trail on Maya 2016 and 2017.
Fixed error when previous object used in Temp Pivot and Motion Trail was deleted.
Fixed exceptional crashes when using Axis Orient to Camera.
Fixed eventual crashes when rolling pointer over Rotation Order switcher.
Fixed Select Sets close button getting unresponsive after importing sets.
Fixed Anim Recovery Smart Checkpoint Cleanup.
  Published Monday 21st of September 2020 07:21:51 PM
 
Hotfix for Anim Recovery encoding issues.
Hotfix for Mirror Pose.
Fixed Select Set renaming finishing executing on leaving button.
  Published Friday 18th of September 2020 04:30:44 PM
 
Mirror to Right and Left now can be applied directly to anim curves.
Fix Mirror Settings can now be applied to a range. Very useful when fixing the mirror setting after applying Mirror to a range.
 
Hotfix for Mirror and Anim Recovery encoding.
Fixed Select Set Pop Up button highlighting refresh.
Fixed the need to restart animBot after using Fix Opposite Controls.
Fixed correct tooltip showing up when holding mod keys.
  Published Thursday 17th of September 2020 07:02:11 PM
 
Hotfix for Set Smart Key.
  Published Thursday 17th of September 2020 05:41:29 PM
 
Important fix for Smart Euler Filter and Python 3 users!
 
Implemented tangents support when mirroring animation.
Added Lock Dragging to Workspace menu.
Improved target copying pose and animation from one object to another.
 
Fixed Smart Euler Filter not matching rotation propagation.
Fixed Auto Mirror and Auto Xform not bundling the undo chunk if undoing too quickly.
Fixed Set Smart Key on multiple frames for linear curves.
Fixed Maya 2016 errors (PySide.QtCore.QSize object has no attribute scaled).
Fixed Anim Recovery unicode decode errors related to user path.
Fixed a few exceptions.
Fixed Python 3 error (module urllib has no attribute quote_plus).
Fixed Select Sets decoding issues for Python 3.
Fixed tangent weight issue when pasting weighted tangents animation.
  Published Saturday 12th of September 2020 12:19:53 AM
 
Implemented support for scaled interface (Windows users on 4k monitors).
Improved how Copy Xform tools remember last selected objects.
Improved Bounce Tangent for weighted curves, now it scales to 0, so it preserves the bounce on changing.
Added Auto Key check at startup. No more losing poses accidentally after resetting prefs!
Auto Mirror will turn off Auto Select Opposite and vice-versa, those tools are not meant to work well together.
Force showing items in menu even when that option is off in Maya prefs.
Added ability to snapshot preferred default pose for single objects on the fly.
 
Fixed some more exceptions.
Fixed Attribute Switcher showing double rotation orders.
Fixed Motion Trail getting out of sync when undoing at other frames.
Fixed Smart Go To Frame caching the undo frame.
Fixed refresh issues when using World Space sliders.
Fixed issue that would fail to validate license when it renewed, requiring reentering keycode.
Fixed Anim Recovery detecting Save As.
Fixed mirror failing on single frame without a key.
Fixed Motion Trail getting out of sync at current frame on Maya 2019.
  Published Thursday 20th of August 2020 07:26:21 PM
 
1.4.x stabilization pass.
 
Fixed some exceptions.
Fixed dialog not showing update list properly.
  Published Wednesday 19th of August 2020 09:47:29 PM
 
Added right click on Select Sets Window to allow restoring pinned options.
 
Fixed Selection Display showing at launch regardless of workspace configuration.
Fixed RLM licensing connection for Python 3.
Fixed undo issues with Reset Pose.
Fixed refresh issues with Motion Trail introduced in 1.4.7.
Fixed issue with Motion Trail causing overhead processing when multiple viewports.
Fixed mayapy path for Python 3.
Fixed exeption with Time Bookmarks and Python 3 when toggling visibility.
  Published Friday 7th of August 2020 05:07:01 PM
 
Some important fixes for people on Maya 2020.
 
Fixed Motion Trail and Maya cache playback incompatibility.
Fixed dialog showing up when using Sliders and Select Sets Pop Up through a hotkey.
Fixed issue with Maya 2020 crashing when using Go To Next Key or Play Frames when Motion Trail was active.
  Published Thursday 6th of August 2020 03:56:41 AM
 
Getting ready for the future, first Python 2-3 hybrid release.
 
Compiled for Python 2 and 3.
 
Fixed Memory Errors with Anim Recovery when there was too many DAG changes.
Fixed -object not found- errors when shape nodes were selected.
Fixed a few exceptions.
  Published Tuesday 28th of July 2020 12:03:40 PM
 
Fixed some more exceptions.
 
Fixed offline activation (broken on 1.4.2).
  Published Thursday 23rd of July 2020 08:57:41 PM
 
Fixed problems with the new Smart Euler Filter and many other exceptions.
 
Added Top and Bottom of Status Line option for toolbar position in workspaces.
 
Fixed problems with Smart Euler Filter.
Fixed issue with Xform Relationship pasting to the entire timeline if only one object was selected.
  Published Tuesday 21st of July 2020 09:01:28 PM
 
Fixed many exceptions.
 
Fixed issue with Xform Lightning Mode for certain controls with locked rotations.
Fixed TypeError when setting workspace.
Fixed kInvalidParameter with Anim Recovery.
Fixed - No object matches name - for Smart Euler Filter after mirroring.
Fixed AttributeError exception in Anim Transfer.
Fixed KeyError with Anim Transfer.
Fixed Frame Next Second.
  Published Friday 17th of July 2020 05:52:53 PM
 
The greatest update since official release!
WARNING!!! Some tools moved around, please watch this video:
youtube.com/watch?v=kfdMTQnPReM
 
Smart Euler Filter
Workspace
Sliders Pop Up
Select Sets Pop Up
Mirror To Frame
 
Tweener Euler Filter (it is now Smart Euler Filter)
World Space Mode toggle (it is now directly new sliders)
 
Boosted animBot launch time and overall speed.
Added non exposed Rotation Order for Attribute Switcher, Pose Transfer, Anim Transfer. For Enterprise Edition, a pipeline admin can override this by disabling nonExposedRotationOrder.
Selection Attribute Space Switcher now bundles up same attributes, so we can switch multiple same-as attributes at once, i.e. all IKs to parent space or all rotation orders to zxy.
Improved Attribute Space Switcher buttons right-click window for adding/customizing xform targets.
Added Transparency Mode for Select Sets.
Improved update performance of Time Bookmarks.
Promoted Apply Euler Filter to Apply Smart Euler Filter. Now you can apply euler filter only to selected keys.
Added Print Command Output option, that will print commands on the Script Editor to help building macros (option available on the search tool).
Added progress bar to balloon dialogs that closes automatically.
Moved a few .anb data from animBot_data to animBot_tmp_data.
Channel Box Selection Timeline Highlight is a bit more visible.
Removed Yellow Slider World Space toggle and added world space modes as solo sliders for faster access.
Removed individual Overshoot toggle for green and yellow slider and added a single toggle button at the far right (white buttons).
Cut out some UI real estate fat.
Extra Tools now can be individually pinned to the toolbar.
Moved Blend to Mirror to Pink Sliders (more pink sliders to come).
Improved visual feedback for blend to frame sliders.
Added Select Sets right click options directly on the Select Sets window (Select Sets More).
 
Fixed Select Sets crashes when deleting/creating sets while snapping yellow line was visible.
Fixed issues with assigning hotkey Shift+Key for non-alpha characters.
Fixed kExcludeMotionTrails issue with Motion Trail on Maya 2016.
Added support for Latin encoding in username characteres.
Fixed issue with sliders in world space when isolating channels.
Fixed set smart key bake when isolating channels.
Fixed issues with Paste World Space multi frames would flip certain controls. Added option to override xform lightning mode.
Fixed issue where clicking on Motion Trail button many times too fast would crash Maya.
Fixed issue where user could not switch rotation order for a range selected.
Fixed xform issues.
Fixed issue when pasting xform to a single key would apply to a range if decimal keys were present.
Fixed issue when switching multiframes attributes for a single frame would not update the xform correctly.
Fixed issue with Attribute Switcher Window would hang on screen until mouse is over it.
Fixed issue where, when Anim Recovery is ON, it makes Maya asks to save an empty file.
Fixed the issue where Maya standalone sessions would fail when mayapy is not at default location. This will fix issues with Anim Recovery missing data when rolling back in time and when recovery data would take tons of disk space due to clean up process failing.
Fixed windows and balloon dialogs showing up on the wrong monitor when using more than one monitor.
Fixed issue with assigning Shift+Space and + hotkeys.
Fixed Select Set window would need several refreshes when multiple items were removed from outliner.
Fixed issue where highlighting the timeline and using Reset Pose would reset only the current frame.
Fixed issue where a Smart Select Sets Tab would be empty if the source character is not in the scene.
Fixed issue where a pose changed by an animBot tool would get affected by Micro Manipulator.
  Published Thursday 23rd of April 2020 01:33:32 PM
 
Fixed issue that would freeze Maya 2016 when showing gifs on tooltips.
Fixed Smart Go To Next Color Key getting stuck at last frame when first key would not match the color
Fixed Anim Recovery Save Anchor Checkpoints checkbox sync with dialog.
  Published Tuesday 21st of April 2020 11:12:33 PM
 
Import Animation
Export Animation
Import Pose
Export Pose
Mirror To Right
Mirror To Left
Smart Go To Next Color Key
Smart Go To Previous Color Key
Play Color Keys
Quick Import Time Bookmarks
Quick Export Time Bookmarks
Import Time Bookmarks
Export Time Bookmarks
 
Pop up UIs show under animBot toolbar if it is at the top (Select Sets, Selection Display, Attribute Space Switcher).
Improved character matching algorithm for Pose Anim transfer and Smart Select Sets.
Added prevention to accidental use for Precise Transform.
Added shortcuts to Select Sets right click functions.
Added Set Maya Global Tangent for tangent buttons right click menu.
Added Anim Recovery file extension (anr), to facilitate file sorting.
Added Anim Recovery tweakeable options: Save Anchor Checkpoints and Cleanup Checkpoints.
Added - Do not show this again - checkbox for the Anim Recovery suggest to save dialog.
Added Dialog Defaults button in preferences.
Select Sets window position is now remembered between Maya sessions.
Added qtLibrary config variable to load a custom Qt library (Enterprise Edition).
 
Fixed issues with non-ascii paths incompatibility.
Fixed xform issues for joint nodes controls (Align, Space Switcher, Copy Xform, Temp Pivot).
Fixed drag/drop update for Windows 10 users.
  Published Thursday 13th of February 2020 04:10:31 PM
 
Pre compiled for Maya 2021
 
Fixed issue with Temp Pivot, introduced in v1.2.3
  Published Wednesday 11th of December 2019 07:08:16 PM
 
Fixed UI Grid Layout issues with Maya 2020
  Published Friday 29th of November 2019 08:18:56 PM
 
Added proper error dialog when rlm library file permissions is not set as readable and executable
Introducing compatibility to Maya 2020
Motion Trail updates on playback again
 
Fixed issue when creating a Time Bookmark with a space character
Fixed issue when using a hotkey immediately after a selection change would apply the action on the previous selection
Fixed issue with search freezing or slowing down Maya when typing 6 or more characters
  Published Thursday 7th of November 2019 03:54:50 PM
 
No changes from 1.2.1, just a duplicated version to test previous updating process fix
  Published Thursday 7th of November 2019 03:24:44 PM
 
Added Motion Trail Frames Before and After option - 48 frames
Simplified the shelf command: import animBot; animBot.toggle() (no need to replace the old one, it will continue to work)
Added timeline to gifs
 
Fixed updating process for Windows 10 users (updating to this version still needs to be done manually)
Fixed Java 6 dependency for MacOSX Catalina and latest Mojave versions
Fixed error Metadata License File does not exist
Fixed Motion Trail vertex tracking issue
Fixed update issue that would remove the animBot folder when the download failed
  Published Friday 25th of October 2019 09:17:20 PM
 
New Motion Trail feature: Orientation Tracking
New Motion Trail feature: Transparency Falloff
New Motion Trail style: Gimbal Lock Temperature
Motion Trail visibility now can be toggled individually in viewports (Motion Trails checkbox)
Motion Trail viewport drawing and frame rate performance boost
OpenAnimBot introduction, added a callback that detects animBot nodes ouf of the default hierarchy
Added more security for the user keycode as well as more convenience by keeping it registered
 
Fixed tooltip showing up far from the button when pressing mod keys
Fixed issue with Motion Trail when camera is animated and current frame snaps away from the correct spot
Fixed Motion Trail drawing trail offsetted or in the wrong scale when in Camera Space mode
Fixed some crash issues with Motion Trail
Fixed Motion trail update issues after undoing
Fixed issue with selecting Motion Trail offset from the drop down men
Fixed issue where license activation is lost and prompt user for a trial
Fixed issue where some users experienced WindowsError: [Error 183] when launching animBot
  Published Tuesday 20th of August 2019 02:14:50 PM
 
Fixed snapshot and mirror exceptions and added extra debugger
  Published Friday 7th of June 2019 04:01:55 PM
 
Improved the stability of the host ID
Launches toolbar when using any hotkey
 
Fixed Anim Recovery dialog when using a hotkey before launching the toolbar
  Published Wednesday 15th of May 2019 01:14:34 PM
 
Introduced support for Educational Edition
Improved the stability of the host ID
 
Cleaned up QLayout console messages
  Published Wednesday 17th of April 2019 03:26:21 PM
 
Fixed project file permissions
  Published Monday 15th of April 2019 07:43:25 PM
 
Downgraded RLM from v13.02 to v12.42 for extra compatibility
 
Cleaned up QPainter console error messages
  Published Friday 12th of April 2019 08:04:21 PM
 
Fix for Maya 2017 workspace switch
Fixed ValueError substring not found using Smart Tab Selection Sets
Hotfix for Attribute Space Switcher crash when rolling pointer over a rotation order attribute
  Published Thursday 11th of April 2019 07:52:54 PM
 
Fix for linux 6 RLM compatibility
  Published Friday 5th of April 2019 03:52:43 PM
 
Added warning when config.json file has syntax errors
 
Fixed crashes with Selection Sets
Fixed Smart Sets creating double buttons
Fixed Attribute Space Switcher crash when rolling pointer over a rotation order attribute
Fixed issue with Premium licenses not receiving latest updates warnings
  Published Tuesday 2nd of April 2019 06:47:29 PM
 
Improved how the import animBot works
Added debugging for Anim Recovery loading checkpoints
 
Fixed Anim Recovery target fileter for loading checkpoints from Time Machine after a crash
  Published Friday 29th of March 2019 03:25:08 PM
 
Hotfix 3 for QObjects overwritten
  Published Thursday 28th of March 2019 04:32:10 PM
 
Hotfix 2 for QObjects overwritten
  Published Thursday 28th of March 2019 03:58:34 AM
 
Hotfix for QObjects overwritten
  Published Wednesday 27th of March 2019 06:14:03 PM
 
Implemented option for pipeline administrators to disabled tools selectively
 
Fixed issue for cases where QObjects have been previously overwritten
  Published Tuesday 19th of March 2019 05:11:29 PM
 
Added ability to set environment variables to build a custom Temp Data Directory
  Published Friday 15th of March 2019 03:23:29 PM
 
Added warning if Enterprise Edition installation is detected in the user location
  Published Tuesday 12th of March 2019 02:37:44 PM
 
Added env variable ANIMBOT_CONFIGJSONPATH to customize config.json file location
 
Hotfix for Win 10 memory leak issue for RLM licensing on Enterprise Edition
  Published Monday 11th of March 2019 07:52:07 PM
 
Fixed Win 10 memory leak issue for RLM licensing on Enterprise Edition
  Published Monday 4th of March 2019 08:16:56 PM
 
Added rlmServerHost variable to config.json
 
Fixed Enterprise Edition undo cache issue
  Published Tuesday 26th of February 2019 06:22:22 PM
 
Removed variable centralInstallation from config.json file.
  Published Monday 25th of February 2019 06:07:31 PM
 
RLM Float Licensing System implemented for Enterprise Edition
Version 1.0.17
  Published Tuesday 13th of April 2021 02:46:26 PM
 
Last Bundled 1.x.
 
Fixed Select Sets staying on top of other windows and apps.
Fixed issue where Workspace menu Restore Defaults would not show up.
  Published Wednesday 2nd of December 2020 03:24:45 PM
 
Tons of updates for Eco Edition and Lifetime Edition users. This release has all the bug fixes and improvements up to the version 1.4.26, with the exception of the new features: Workspace, Sliders Pop Up, Select Sets Pop Up and Mirror To Frame. Visit the link below for details:
animbot.ca/bundled
Please note that the Overshoot for the sliders moved to the far side of the toolbar!
Blend to Mirror also moved to the pink sliders section (Xform Sliders).
  Published Monday 24th of February 2020 07:34:15 PM
 
Introducing compatibility to Maya 2020 to Bundled release
  Published Saturday 30th of November 2019 12:18:06 AM
 
Blended all Ongoing version fixes up to 1.2.4
  Published Friday 14th of June 2019 03:05:51 PM
 
Improved the stability of the host ID
  Published Friday 5th of April 2019 04:34:55 PM
 
Fixed crashes with Selection Sets
Fixed Smart Sets creating double buttons
Fixed Attribute Space Switcher crash when rolling pointer over a rotation order attribute
  Published Friday 15th of March 2019 02:17:08 PM
 
Fix for issue of not displaying the deactivation panel link for Lifetime Edition users when reached max available slots
  Published Friday 8th of February 2019 04:41:52 PM
 
Fix for Anim Recovery Anchor Checkpoints and Cleanup processes
Fixed issue with Anim Recovery toggle stuck either ON or OFF
Fixed error writing file in Module: animBotLib Line: 77
  Published Tuesday 5th of February 2019 04:47:01 PM
 
Fixed issue where Maya scripts path is set with uppercase and real path is lowercase
  Published Friday 25th of January 2019 04:42:51 PM
 
Another hotfix for some users still experiencing corrupted files messages
  Published Tuesday 22nd of January 2019 04:25:13 PM
 
Hotfix for some users still experiencing corrupted files messages
  Published Friday 18th of January 2019 04:26:59 PM
 
Removed Anim Recovery debug messages
 
Hotfix for ImportError: No module named controller.win64.controller
Attempt to fix standalone Maya sessions crashes
  Published Thursday 17th of January 2019 04:21:41 PM
 
Improved the reactivation experience after an animBot update
 
Fixed ImportError: No module named controller.win64.controller
Fixed broken Smart Select Sets Tabs
  Published Tuesday 15th of January 2019 04:22:08 PM
 
Setup for bypassing trial period in Enterprise mode
 
Fixed issue with sluggerish while hovering Ctrl over sliders
Fixed issue with expire date being set before it should due to time zone difference
Fixed issue where the update history would not show the latest update at the top
  Published Thursday 10th of January 2019 11:36:59 PM
 
Another hotfix for some users experiencing corrupted files warning
  Published Wednesday 9th of January 2019 04:23:00 PM
 
Hotfix for using trial in Enterprise mode
  Published Tuesday 8th of January 2019 03:25:16 PM
 
Fixed an issue with some users getting corrupted files warning
  Published Saturday 5th of January 2019 12:54:39 AM