C++

UTakeForgeLibrary is exported from the TakeForgeEditor module (public header, TAKEFORGEEDITOR_API), so editor C++ code can call it directly - useful when TakeForge is one step in a bigger asset pipeline.

Setup

Your calling module must itself be editor-only (module Type of Editor in the .uplugin, or an editor target) - TakeForgeEditor never exists in packaged builds.

// MyEditorTools.Build.cs
PrivateDependencyModuleNames.Add("TakeForgeEditor");

Add the plugin to your project's .uproject/.uplugin dependencies so it loads before your module:

"Plugins": [ { "Name": "TakeForge", "Enabled": true } ]

Calling

#include "TakeForgeLibrary.h"

void FMyPipeline::ProcessTake(UAnimSequence* Sequence)
{
	bool bOk = false;
	FString Error;
	UTakeForgeLibrary::ApplyRootMotion(Sequence, ETakeForgeMode::SmoothedRootMotion, bOk, Error);
	if (!bOk)
	{
		UE_LOG(LogMyPipeline, Warning, TEXT("%s: %s"), *Sequence->GetName(), *Error);
		return;
	}
	UTakeForgeLibrary::MakeLoopable(Sequence, bOk, Error);
}

All functions are static; the bone-based actions take TArray<FName> and Smooth Bones takes TArray<FIntPoint> frame windows:

bool bOk = false;
FString Error;
UTakeForgeLibrary::IsolateBones(Sequence, { TEXT("clavicle_l"), TEXT("clavicle_r") },
	/*bOthersHoldFirstFrame*/ false, bOk, Error);
UTakeForgeLibrary::SmoothBones(Sequence, { TEXT("hand_r") },
	{ FIntPoint(120, 180) }, /*SmoothingFrames*/ 4.0f, /*BlendFrames*/ 5.0f, bOk, Error);

Notes

• Functions modify the given asset in place and open an editor transaction - wrap your own multi-step pipelines in an outer FScopedTransaction if you want them to undo as one step.
• Settings (pelvis bone, smoothing, markers, forward axis) are read from UTakeForgeSettings (Editor Preferences) at call time.
• Success is a bool& out parameter rather than the return value, so Unreal's Python binding can hand the error message back on failure instead of discarding it. A bool return is consumed as a success flag by the binding, which returns None and drops every out parameter with it.