file merging?????

is it possible
i have a charecter rigged and would like to add it to some of my old scenes how can i merge the files together i tried export and import but it doesnt work
i guess this is possible somehow but how

mr_starfire,

File…Apppend

Best of Luck!

First you need to create a group with the mesh and the armature. Save the file. Open a another file (you need to have this file saved too). Now select File Append select the file and select the group. You need to create a proxy of the armature

you don’t need to create a group at all, but it is heaps easier to keep stuff organised. problem I currently have with linking a group though, is that after saving and reopening the file, none of the bones visual shapes are there anymore. I have yet to solve it. If you want it simple and clean, parent your entire character (including armature, helper objects etc) under an empty or something. (if you think an empty is to small, or hard to select, you can use a cube, measure it so that the character fits inside, then set the display for the cube to always display as wire. But in svn, you can have an empty display as a cube as well I think…)