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"Armature Templates" is an add-on for Blender that allows to manipulate skeleton with the help of various features depending on the predefined or custom template data. The main purpose of this add-on is to provide the possibility to export animated character rig to game engine or edit animation of the imported character from the game engine.

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"Armature Templates" is an add-on for Blender that allows to manipulate skeleton with the help of various features depending on the predefined or custom template data. The main purpose of this add-on is to provide the possibility to export animated character rig to game engine or edit animation of the imported character from the game engine. The created template out of armature skeleton is a unified container of bone name list, which allows to make a particular mapping from the bone list of another skeleton as a link data and then perform some operations between those two armatures afterwards.

Blender Version: 2.93+, 3.0+

Main Feature List:

  • Templates
    • Create Template - Make a new json file as a template based on the naming convention of the active armature.
    • Edit Template - Edit the selected template and tweak the bone list depending on the active armature.
    • Guess Mapping - Search for bone names of the active armature and try to match them in the naming convention of the current template.
  • Rename Bones - Rename the active armature bones if they match in the template list.
  • Fit Meta-Rig - Choose the skeleton rig to align and to place the active armature bones, according to the template mapping.
  • Clean Imported Animation - Clear the transform keyframes to fix dislocated bones.
  • Constrain Armature - Choose a skeleton rig to constrain transformation of the active armature according to the template mapping.
  • Scale Skeleton - Parent the armature to the empty and then scale.

Installation

  • DOWNLOAD LATEST RELEASE<- file
  • Open Blender and select Edit->Preferences
  • Click Add-ons category and then 'Install...' button.
  • Select the downloaded archive file from the link.
  • Check the 'Armature Templates' option.

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"Armature Templates" is an add-on for Blender that allows to manipulate skeleton with the help of various features depending on the predefined or custom template data. The main purpose of this add-on is to provide the possibility to export animated character rig to game engine or edit animation of the imported character from the game engine.

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