This chapter briefly introduces how to import animation from Animcraft to Maya character.
Instructions**
- Open Maya 2016 or above version(Maya 2018 and above version are highly recommended),
- Load Animcraft plugin.
Load Plugin
- The Animcraft menu will show up after loading the plugin.
Animcraft Menu
- Download the example files for Maya: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jnT3ecNOKGmFzoY9zAhCu9utN2J2jyoC/view?usp=sharing
- Open the AdvancedSkeletonSampleRig.ma sample file.
- Select any part of the character, Open Animcraft > Controller Mapping Editor to open the mapping window.
- You might notice this character is mapped and the signal on the left upper corner is orange.
- In most of cases, you need to resume your character to standard pose like T-Pose or A-Pose. Here you can skip this step because the sample character is already in standard pose.
- Click Match button in Mapping Window, the system will do some preparation works for importing the animation, the signal on the left upper corner turns green.
- Back to Animcraft main window, select any one of the animation resources.
- Right-click on the MAYA button on the right lower corner in Animcraft Main Window and expand the Maya instances list.
- Select the one which you want the resource to import in. The MAYA button will turn into the Maya20## button. That indicates the Animcraft and a specific Maya instance has been connected.
- In Maya, make sure to select any part of the target character, and set the start frame which the animation begins to import.
- In Animcraft Main Window, left-click the Maya20## button to import animation.
- Back to the Maya window, there is a frame range confirm dialog,
- The animation will be imported according to the frame range.
Importing Animation
Further Learning
Know more about the Maya animation import and export, please refer to the related chapters.
Video Demo(Mute)
Video is recorded in Animcraft 1.0.0, some UIs, file names may not coincide with the current version.
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