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<center>NEURON MOCAP LIVE Plugin for Blender</center>
This plugin provide the ability to stream motion data from Axis Studio into Blender.
Requirement
- Blender 2.80 or higher
- Window x86_64
Features
- Build Axis Studio/Axis Studio - Thumb Open/Axis Neuron (Pro) armature
- Live motion data
- Retarget motion data
- Record motion data
Installation
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Download a release package from release page
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Insall plugin in Blender
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Enable Noitom:NEURON MOCAP LIVE plugin in Blender
Live Motion Data (Direct)
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Add a Axis Studio/Axis Studio - Thumb Open/Axis Neuron (Pro) armature
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Bind the armature with a mesh (optional)
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Enable BVH Broadcasting settings in Axis Studio
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Configure the live settings in NEURON MOCAP tab in sidebar in Blender
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The Server settings within Connection catagory means how to parse stream data, if you want to animate Axis Neuron(Pro) armature, please switch the Server settings to Axis Neuron / Pro
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The Drive Type settings within Armature catagory means how to drive the active armature, under the Direct option, the motion data received will directly pass to armature
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Click Connect to start live:
Live Motion Data (Retarget)
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Add a Axis Studio/Axis Studio - Thumb Open/Axis Neuron (Pro) armature and set the Drive Type settings to Direct
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Import your character
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Adjust your character's pose to T-Pose, and set the Drive Type to Retarget, check on Live option and click Mark T-Pose button
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Set the Source armature to the armature you created at first step
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Click Auto Detect try to auto match bones, if auto match failed at some bones, you can manually match these bones
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Click Connect to start live:
Record Motion Data
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Click Start Record to start record during living, and click Stop Record to finish record
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The data recorded is saved in an Action named "mocap"
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The record frame rate is same as the scene frame rate
Property Lock
Neuron Mocap Plugin animate an armature by animating bone's Location/Rotaion/Scale property, but in some scenario, only Rotation animation is required, you can do this by lock Location and Scale property (this feature only available on direct drived armature)