Combining Meshes and Armatures

These models are the same base mesh but have different poses. I want to combine the armatures to transition from the T pose to the A pose. Also, ideally keep the shape of the mesh second mesh.

I know I could transition between shape keys but for this project I need to use armature keyframes

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks guys!!!

You can try this…
select the T-Pose mesh in Object mode…
Key Frame the Pose…
Go to Pose Mode and Pose > Copy Pose, which places it into the Pose Buffer.
Go back out and select the A-pose armature…
Go to Pose Mode and select Pose > Paste Pose
add your transition keyframe…

see if that works for you…

Thanks!

I gave that method a go and nothing is happening? These are both rigs I’ve done with accurig so all I can guess is that they all have no rotation, location or scale when imported. So when I paste the pose i’m just telling the armature to stay the same?

Have you got any other ideas

Best, Luke

So did you add the T and A pose to each character in Accu-rig?

Each one adds an action for the Pose, so you should be able to select the T pose character and go to the action editor… and see both T-pose and -A-pose actions in the drop down…see if you can do that…

You may have to copy the Actions over to the other Character…