Auto-Rig Pro: Rig Library
In this example you shouldn't parent the custom weapon bone to the hand bone, but add a ChildOf constraint with the hand bone as the target.
With Auto-Rig Pro's ChildOf Switcher tool you can then adjust the parenting influence while maintaining bone transformations.
Stretchy arms/legs are turned off by default in order for the rigs to be game engine compatible. So if you want your rig to work correctly in Unity/Unreal, don't turn on stretchy arms/legs.
But these are the steps to turn on stretchy arms/legs:
- Select the mesh in Object Mode > go to its Modifier Properties > in the Rig modifier check on Preserve Volume
- Go into Pose Mode > select the hand/foot controller > open the Tool tab in the viewport > make sure the arm/leg is in IK mode > Item tab > turn on auto_stretch
Because Blender can't find its textures.
Go to File > External Data > Find Missing
Files > navigate to the textures folder
First of all, for both methods make sure that in the Outliner your model is placed within the root collection of your rig.
Appending (creating a copy of the rig):
File > Append > browse to the rig file on your computer and double-click
it > Collection > select the root collection of the rig (the one with
only the name of the rig, so NOT the collections rigname_cs and rigname_grp_rig)
> Append.
Linking (creating a reference to the rig source file):
- File > Link > browse to the rig file on your computer and double-click it > Collection > select the root collection of the rig (the one with only the name of the rig, so NOT the collections rigname_cs and rigname_grp_rig) > Link
- Object Mode > Object > Relations > Make Library Override
- Note that you can’t edit a linked rig. You will need to do that in the rig source file.
Please be aware that in
Blender a rig can reference only one action. So when you bring in a rig
(through appending or linking) that contains multiple animations, it will
only contain the action that is active in the original rig file.
It's because of the exporter of Auto-Rig Pro, but there's a workaround:
- Export the rig with the Auto-Rig Pro exporter in Blender.
- Upload the exported fbx to Mixamo.
- Download a new fbx there, make sure to have the pose set to T-pose.
- Import this new fbx in Unity. When you set the rig to Humanoid, notice that the knees no longer go inwards.
Please have a look at this video tutorial.
That is because Auto-Rig Pro requires that custom bones are in the controller bones layer, and you are looking at the bones that are in the reference bones layer.
This tutorial video gives a complete explanation.
The Giraffe, Dragon and Horse rigs all have
custom clavicle bones.
Auto-Rig Pro add-on > Edit Reference Bones >
select a limb from the Add Limb dropdown > Match To Rig
Auto-Rig Pro add-on > Edit Reference Bones > select a
bone in the desired chain > Disable > Match To Rig
This happens when you change the amount of bones in a limb to a SMALLER amount of bones. The channels of the bones that have been removed will give an error in the Graph Editor. You can simply select all these channels and delete them.
Auto-Rig Pro add-on > Edit Reference Bones > select a bone in the desired chain > Limb Options > change the amount of bones > Match To Rig
Note that when you change the bones to a HIGHER amount, those extra bones won't contain any keyframes/animation.
You probably had Auto Keying on when you scaled
the rig, thus creating scale keyframes.
Be sure to turn off Auto Keying when scaling a rig.
It can be used as a reference for the placement
of bones within your own model, and also acts as a visual guide when scaling
the rig.
But it is safe to delete if you don't need it.
Because all the rigs have been setup with export to a game engine (Unreal/Unity) in mind. A frame rate of 30fps is the standard for game animation.
If you wish to animate on 24fps, you can go to the Output Properties in Blender and change the frame rate there. But be aware that this will adjust the timing of the existing animations (the animations will become slightly slower).
Make sure to turn on the Fake User shield
for all the actions of a rig.
When you don't turn on Fake User for the actions, it can
happen that Blender will remove them when re-opening the .blend file.
But even if you forget to turn on Fake User and you lose the actions, you can simply add the same rig again in the scene and immediately remove it. The actions of the removed rig will still be there and can be used on your previous rig.
Please have a look at this workflow video tutorial.
- Allosaur - walk
- Apatosaurus - walk
- Bear - walk
- Bird - fly
- Cat - walk
- Crab - walk
- Dog - run
- Dolphin - swim
- Dragon - fly
- Duck - walk
- Elephant - walk
- Giraffe - walk
- Gorilla - walk
- Horse - gallop
- Human - walk, run
- Kangaroo - jump
- Lizard - walk
- Mouse - run
- Ostrich - run
- Pig - trot
- Shark - swim
- Snake - slither
- Spider - walk
- Turtle - walk
Unzip the zipfile that you download from Blender Market and follow the Install Notes.
You can also follow this video tutorial.
Only the Complete Version of the rig library includes animations with the rigs.
Also make sure you're using Blender 3.0 or up, and Auto-Rig Pro 3.68.12 or up.
You need to open the Action Editor in Blender and there you can select the animations (aka actions) in the dropdown menu. By default the 'CharacterName_default' action is active.
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