AccuRIG

To produce desired movements and manipulate 3D objects, you need rigging software that can do the job efficiently. One such program is AccuRIG, a free automatic rigging tool from Reallusion that assists animators and artists. It reduces production effort and transforms static character models into rigged characters ready for animation. This way, it helps artists create 3D characters that can be exported directly to other programs.

The most noteworthy feature of this rigging software is its ability to handle both realistic human models and stylized or cartoon characters, including models in irregular poses. Thus, you can bring life to digital human avatars or make fictional characters within a few minutes. Apart from character rigging, this tool lets you preview and apply motions from the ActorCore animation library for your next gaming project, video, or digital art. In short, you get a complete rig-and-preview workflow in one program.

Features:

• An automatic character rigging tool for 3D models, from cartoon figures to realistic human avatars.
• It reduces production effort with automatic joint placement, skin weighting and a separate finger rig.
• You can browse and preview stock animations from the ActorCore library, which includes a set of free motions, and export them with your character.
• It imports characters in OBJ and FBX formats and turns static meshes into characters with body and hand rigs.
• The rigged models can be exported in FBX or USD format with presets for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, MotionBuilder, Omniverse, Unity, Unreal Engine and iClone.
• AccuRIG works on computers with a dual-core CPU and 4GB of RAM. For better performance, an Intel i5 or faster CPU, 8GB of RAM and a graphics card with 2GB of video memory are recommended.

AccuRIG offers fast and easy character rigging, so you can focus on model design and export rigged characters directly to popular 3D tools and game engines.

Above all, AccuRIG is a free and accessible character rigging tool for artists. It is simple to operate and has five basic steps: Load Character, Check Model, Body Rig, Hand Rig and Check Animation. To start with, you import a humanoid character, ideally in an A or T pose. Then, you place the joints with the guides and AccuRIG builds the rig, after which you can test it with animations and export it. Exporting requires a free ActorCore account. Install it on any computer running a 64-bit version of Windows 8, 10 or 11.