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- <h1>Avatar Animation Rig: Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5</h1>
- <div class="proc"><h3 class="subHeading">To load an avatar animation rig in Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5</h3><div class="subSection">
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- <p>The steps below outline how to open the scene file for the avatar animation rig "Avatar Rig.exp" or other avatar animation scene file. Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 uses a project-based system to determine the paths to scene and asset files. In order to open the files correctly, you will need to set up a new project. If you attempt to load the scene files directly, the texture paths will be incorrect.</p>
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- <li>
- Open Softimage Mod Tool 7.5. Premium XNA Creators Club members can download the file from here: <a href="http://create.msdn.com/en-US/resources/partners">http://create.msdn.com/en-US/resources/partners</a>.
- </li>
- <li>
- On the <b>File</b> menu, click <b>Project Manager</b>.
- </li>
- <li>
- Click <b>New Project</b>.
- </li>
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- In the <b>Project Name</b> field, enter the name of the directory that contains the extracted pictures and scenes folders. In the case of the avatar animation rig, you would enter "Avatar Animation Rig - Softimage Mod Tool".
- </li>
- <li>In the <b>Location</b> field, enter the name of the directory where that folder is located. If you extracted the folder into the root, you would type <b>C:\</b>. Omit the directory that you used in the step above.</li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Click <b>OK</b>.
- </p>
- <img src="Softimage_New_Project.png" alt="screen shot of Softimage New Project" />
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>Your <b>Project Manager</b> window should now look like this:</p>
- <img alt="screen shot of Softimage Project Manager" src="Softimage_Project_Manager.png"/>
- </li>
- <li>You can select "Avatar Rig" and then click <b>Open</b>.</li>
- </ol>
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- Now, if from the <b>File</b> menu you click <b>Open</b>, you'll notice that it defaults to showing all of the scenes that are part of this project. You can have multiple projects, so pay attention to the default and current active project set in your Project Manager.
- </p>
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- <div class="proc"><h3 class="subHeading">To export an avatar animation from Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5</h3><div class="subSection">
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- <p>After creating a new avatar animation using the Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 version of the avatar animation rig "Avatar Rig.exp" or loading an existing avatar animation, use the following steps to export the animation to FBX format suitable for loading in your projects.</p>
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- <li>
- <p>
- First, you must bake the animation into the bones. Select the Skin_Joints layer and all the objects in it from layer manager. This is in the lower right corner. To view the layers, click the "KP / L" at the bottom, and then click the <b>Scene</b> tab.
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- <img src="Softimage_Skin_Joints.png" alt="screen shot of Softimage Scene" />
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- On the leftmost <b>Tools</b> menu, click <b>Plot</b>, and then click <b>All Transformations</b>.
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- <img src="Softimage_Tools_Plot.png" alt="screen shot of Softimage All Transformations" />
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- <p>
- In the <b>Plot All Transformations To Actions</b> dialog box, use the default options (shown below) and then click <b>OK</b>.
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- <img src="Softimage_Plot_All.png" alt="screen shot of Softimage Plot All Transformations To Actions" />
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- <li>After the baking is complete, deselect the bones by clicking anywhere in a blank area in the main window.</li>
- <li>Set the animation timeline cursor to the starting frame of the animation. Otherwise, you may see a "popping" at the end of the exported animation.</li>
- <li>On the <b>File</b> menu, click <b>Crosswalk</b>, and then click <b>Export FBX</b>.</li>
- <li>Navigate to the directory where the animation .exp file is located. This is important to ensure that the texture paths in the FBX file export correctly.</li>
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- Enter a name for the new animation, and then click <b>OK</b>.
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- <p>Use the settings from the following image to export the animation.</p>
- <img src="Crosswalk.png" alt="screen shot of Softimage export FBX settings" />
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- </ol>
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