I have resolved my previous issue with 3DXchange. But now I am wanting to convert a character I downloaded from Sketchup.com that has loaded into it as a prop to a character. And the Character Panel where it should let me convert it to a non-standard human won't light up. What do I do about this?

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Is the character rigged? If it's from SketchUp its probably just the mesh without bones.

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I suppose that is the problem. It is from SketchUp. What should I do about it?

I make my dreams into movies.

You will need to rig it.  If you are lucky you can use Mixamo (free if you own an Adobe product).  Otherwise you'll need to do it yourself in Blender (and if you don't know how you'll need to learn -- it's not particularly difficult, but it will take a few weeks to learn how to rig properly).

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

If you are lucky you can use Mixamo (free if you own an Adobe product)

I do not associate my account with any Adobe product, but the rigging is still free.
Mixamo is the best choice. Most of the characters are getting a fine rig.

Also consider just using the character's clothing imported into CC3 Pipeline for auto-rigging to the CC3 base.

I used Mixamo to rig the character and it seems to have worked. Except the character seems to not be able to have facial expressions. Is there any way I can solve this problem?

I make my dreams into movies.

You could export the head from 3DX and then edit to create the expressions you need, loading them back in (there's a section on this in the 3DX manual).  You will need modeling skills to be able to create the right expressions.

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

KT is correct here, if there are no facial bones associated with your character you will have to export the head to a program that allows altering the shape of the head/mouth such as 3D Coat, Zbrush, Blender etc. You will basically need to create and save enough blendshapes to form the vismes listed in 3DXchange. This is no easy task unless you know your way around modelling and have the time to spare. It isn't fast. I wish there was a fast auto face rigger that could generate blendshapes but it's rather time consuming. Best of luck!




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