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Product:
iClone 6
Version:
6.42
Status:
Released in 7.4
Issue 454
Open iClone to User Customization Through Scripting and SDK
Hi,

There is a need to open iClone to user customizations, not only on the assets side, which Reallusion already provides, but also on the functionalities side. This needed for hobbyists to ease the pain of doing certain repetitive tasks, this is mandatory for professionals for them to be able to build efficient production pipelines.

The added benefit of this is that a lot of users requests could be addressed by some other users by creating custom scripts and plugins, so users could help each others like this is happening on the asset level. This would strengthen even more the iClone community.

The industry standard being Python, I suggest iClone should implement a Python scripting engine. Ideally there would also be a C/C++ SDK for more hard-core and optimized features customization.

Thanks for your attention.

Cheers,
Guy.
OS: Windows 10
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COMMENTS (13)
theschemer 
I too vote for this. Very useful.
TS
Rampa 
I would like to see this available for developers to use as well. Unity has a very active community of plugin developers. It would be great to see similar sophisticated animation plugins from third parties for iClone.
RobertoColombo 
Casted my vote!
I have been asking for this for years...
Being a skilled programmer (no kidding) I know that a scripting engine would raise the product to a higher level.
On the other side, I understand the effort necessary to create the set of API and maintain them throughout different IC updates/versions, which can hinder the introductuon of sucj an engine
mtakerkart 
I totally agree with you guys. I'm not a programer but Clearly need you!!. As UDK 4 made for their new sequencer wich is very very easy to use instead of the old not easy matinee....
Delerna 
I also stongly support this. I would love to be able to get into creating addons/plugins etc for iclone but I must admit i am not sure exactly what i could do with this unless it was available. I say that because i am a software developer who has only a little bit of experience in 3D development. I work for a business so my software development is working mostly with databases, intranet reports and applications to assist the companies personel. 
Having said that our primary ERP system has an SDK which enables me to develop code that completely automate tasks that takes users days or weeks to achieve within the ERP. It enables me to add functionality to the ERP that does not exist and we would need to wait and wait...possibly forever for the ERP developers to create. I have even created several functions that the ERP company has used our ideas to add the the system as a basic function.
So i might not be sure right now on what i could do if we had this in iClone until i had the opportunity to get in there and try things out. But i do know and agree with Bellatix that providing this for programmers would lighten the load on reallussion, increase the desirability of the software to people looking to purchase iClone and probably even give reallusion some ideas to add to their product as a base function rather than an add on.

This request has been labelled 'For your own good' and mentioned the users.
But really, i think this is for reallusions own good more than anyone else.
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