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Author:  Fabutan [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:04 am ]
Post subject:  Transferring FBX into Maya *Confused about workflow*

I have been trying to follow the tutorials and assess whether or not this software works well with our current workflow,
So far I have tracked about 30 frames of animation, frame 600 to 630 lets say,
I have imported an FBX file of an evolver character with joints and mesh
I associated all of the joints correctly, the character is matching the motion capture very well
Now I am a bit stumped, if I export an FBX file into a blank Maya scene, It imports the geometry and the skeleton, however the geometry seems to be invisible, and the skeleton is collapsed with every joint being at 0 translation. The joints do have their keyframes still, so the animation exists, I'm just curious as to how I am supposed to use this data now?

Did I miss a step, is there a tutorial that might help me out? Any advice is welcome thanks.

Author:  Fabutan [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Transferring FBX into Maya *Confused about workflow*

Maybe I should clarify, basically, I want to export the animation applied to my character in IPStudio and import it into maya, are there any steps in the middle? I am using maya 2011 in case that matters.

Author:  RebelHill [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Transferring FBX into Maya *Confused about workflow*

Ur best bet will be just export the skeletal animation from ipi as bvh, and then use it with HIK in maya directly for retargeting onto your own skinned characters.

Author:  Fabutan [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Transferring FBX into Maya *Confused about workflow*

Thanks for the advice, now I haven't ever used human IK before, all of my characters have rigs I built manually, Are there any other retargeting tools that don't require HIK's specific controller set-up to use? Or am I going to have to rebuild the skeleton of my character using HIK

Author:  Fabutan [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Transferring FBX into Maya *Confused about workflow*

Okay solved the problems
For anyone else having this issue:

The character file needed to be changed to centimetre scale in the preferences before building the Human IK Rig as apparently Human IK works in cm. I also had to re-export motion capture data With T-pose in first frame (Actually frame 0) which is a setting in the export panel, then re target on frame 0 in order for the joints to have proper orientation, now everything works like a charm, very excited to keep using this product!

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