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How to import mocap animations into 3DExchange and use for human

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How to import mocap animations into 3DExchange and use for human

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I can open an FBX mocap file and it goes into 3DExchange but I can't convert to human as it thinks it is a prop.  If I open the FBX modle in Unity it is configured as Human so not sure why that doesn't work.  Any tipes?

Thanks in advance.
John

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FBX is always imported as prop. To convert, make sure your character's root is selected.

In the Modify panel on the right, there is a section called Character (press "N" to go there).

There should be an option Convert to Non-standard.

Click that and you should then be able to start to process to convert from prop to character.

Here is a tutorial on how that is done:





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I tried that.  The panel on right shows the node selected is the RootNode but the Character panel is still greyed out. I suspect it might be because I'm just using the Mocap animation FBX as installed from the MOCAP lib.  I will do a bit of checking to see what's missing in it.
John

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An install/reinstall fixed this problem.



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