With unnecessary bones out of the way, we can start positioning the bones to fit our character. For this example we will remove all the face and finger bones, as well as the breast. However basic it may be, this rig is way more complex than we need. This places basic human skeleton in the scene, with pre-named bones positioned roughly where we want it (press Z to toggle wireframe view): Now go to Add -> Armature -> Human (Meta-rig). It is good practice in Blender to keep the pivot point centered, so press Shift+S, then Cursor to Center (new objects in Blender get the pivot point from the cursor position): To enable this add-on, go to File -> User Preferences -> Add-ons -> Rigging (or search for rigify) then apply the check-box and press Save User Settings: A good way to save some time on humanoid characters in Blender is to use the Meta-rig that comes with the Rigify add-on.

A good practice when modelling humanoid characters is to make sure the character is modelled in a T-Pose, i.e. Rigging in Blenderįirst off, we will set up a simple rigged character in Blender. If you already have a rigged character or want to use one from Mixamo you can skip the first part about Rigging in Blender and Exporting from Blender and go directly to Importing Character to Unity. This blogpost will hopefully provide some insight into how you can easily rig a character in Blender, import it to Unity and add Humanoid animations from Mixamo to use with the Mecanim system.

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