Skinning An Armature

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Hi All,

I am finally getting around to armature’s and skinning, and I wonder what is the process.

I want to take one of those dancing BVH files from here:
http://www.centralsource.com/blender/bvh/files.htm

And link in a character mesh of my own.

So what is the workflow? In max, I simply apply physique to my mesh and link in the bones. But in blender, I could find no such counterpart.

So what links an armature to a mesh?

Thanks

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You can use the Armature modifier, or parent (Ctrl+P) the mesh to the armature.

3

I suggest get a svn build from graphicall.org. See http://www.blender.org/development/current-projects/changes-since-244/skinning/
also check the wiki for how to’s otherwise. wiki.blender.org and the manual.
There is a armature modifer that you can enable as well in the modifers panel.

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Thanks for the info and the link!