This tutorial guides you through the procedures necessary to create a Character Extension that enables you to control extra appendages for a character.
In this tutorial, you load a limb for the Mia character, attach it to Mia using a Character Extension, and define its animation in relation to Mia’s body.
The following assets are required for this tutorial:
- mia_rigged.fbx
- servo.fbx
Note: The tutorial assets can be found in the Asset Browser under the Tutorials folder and in the MotionBuilder Tutorials directory on your system.
Note: Ensure you always use the latest update of the tutorials and tutorial assets to complete the tutorials. You can download the latest update from: http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder-tutorials. If you download the tutorial assets to a location other than the MotionBuilder default location, remember to add this location (add a favorite path) in the Asset browser so you can access the assets via the Asset Browser.
To add a favorite path to the Asset Browser pane:
- In the Resources window, make sure the Asset Browser tab is selected.
- In the Asset Browser, right-click the Asset Browser pane.
A context menu displays.
- Click Add favorite path from the context menu.
- In the Open directory window, navigate to the directory you would like to add in the Asset Browser.
- Click the directory and then click OK.
The directory is added to the Asset Browser pane in numeric alpha order.