Creating a Character Extension
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
The tutorial assets can be found in the Asset Browser under the Tutorials folder and in the MotionBuilder Tutorials directory on your system.
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.