BlenRig 5 Rigging System for Blender

Author: Juan Pablo Bouza

Email: jpbouza@gmail.com

BlenRig is an Auto-rigging and skinning system that provides the user of a Feature Film quality rig (including an advanced facial system).

The current version only supports Biped characters, but more presets will be supported in the near future.

Rig creation includes:

_BlenRig armature

_BlenRig Mesh Deform cage and Lattices

_Basic body mesh for creating low resolution proxy versions of the characters.

Usage

You will find the rig in the Object Add Panel, under the Armature Menu.

In the View3d Tools Panel you will find all the animation controls. In the Armature Data Panel you will find all the rigging related tools.

You can find more information at https://cloud.blender.org/p/blenrig/

Don’t forget to check the Introduction Guide here:

https://cloud.blender.org/p/blenrig/56966411c379cf44546120e8

Also check Vincent’s Timelapse to have a quick guide about the complete rigging process of a character:

https://cloud.blender.org/p/blenrig/57343500c379cf109d9e4ecc

For a detailed step by step tutorial, check the BlenRig Tutorials section at the Blender Cloud (Subscription required)

https://cloud.blender.org/p/blenrig/56e2fdafc379cf26b1cd8595

System Requirements for animation:

Minimum Processor spec: Intel i3 or AMD equivalent.

In this type of computer a high resolution character will roughly reach 24 fps.

Recommended Processor spec: Intel i7 or AMD equivalent.

In this type of computer most rigged high resolution characters will run at 35+ fps. Low resolution proxy versions may run at 50+ fps.

BlenRig 5 What’s new

** V 1.001 **

-Biped Armature updated to 1.001, fix IK torso bug

** V 1.002 **

• General changes:

  • New Layer Scheme option in Layer Settings tab (Compact and Expanded Scheme)

  • Updated version of generate_customprops script to work with the new armature layer schemes

• Biped Armature updated to 1.005:

  • Fixed shoulder offset when using FK and Hinge in arms

  • Removed Rotation locks in forearm and shin FK controllers

  • New lattice_eye_L and R controller in TOON 2 layer

  • Look_l and R scaling now makes the eye scale with the Lattice of the eye, giving a smoother result

  _ Various bone layers and bone shapes fixes

• Bug Fixes:

  • Fix for timeline scrubbing slowdown bug

  • Fix for error when adding BlenRig to the scene while using local view or local layers