Import-Data/CMU-Animation-Data.md

+* Export the skeletal mesh from Unreal (right-click on skeletal mesh asset --> Asset Actions --> Export)
+* Open --> File to load the .fbx of your character into MotionBuilder
+* Tipp: create a group for the mesh as well as the skeleton (for the latter, use select branch first)
+* Manually adopt the pose of the character to a T-Pose (`rotate` option on the right of the view window)
+* Pull a Character from ''Asset Browser / Characters'' onto the skeleton (rename it to Character_Model)
+* Double click on the new character in the Navigator
+* Fill in Character Definition, e.g. for Character Creator 3 (drag and drop bones from Navigator)
+
+| Name | Bone |
+| ------ | ------ |
+| *Base* |  |
+| Hips | pelvis |
+| LeftUpLeg | thigh_l |
+| LeftLeg | calf_l |
+| LeftFoot | foot_l |
+| RightUpLeg | thigh_r |
+| RightLeg | calf_r |
+| RightFoot | foot_r |
+| Spine | spine_01 |
+| LeftArm | upperarm_l |
+| LeftForeArm | lowerarm_l |
+| LeftHand | hand_l |
+| RightArm | upperarm_r |
+| RightForeArm | lowerarm_r |
+| RightHand | hand_r |
+| Head | head |
+| *Auxiliary* |  |
+| LeftShoulder | clavicle_l |
+| RightShoulder | clavicle_r |
+| Neck | neck_01 |
+| *Spine* |  |
+| Spine | spine_01 |
+| Spine1 | spine_02 |
+| Spine2 | spine_03 |
+
+(keep the rest blank, we did not test hands yet, if you do add it here)
+
+*Click on Characterize and then choose ``Biped``
+
+
+* Motion data can be downloaded from [CMU website](http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/)
+* Download ``.amc`` and ``.asf'' file
+* Add T-pose to``.amc`` file, like this
+![image](uploads/93002b0689407f3ec809d0e9aad0400e/image.png)
+(see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfM-KYbhLzo)
+* ``File --> Motion File Import'' both files together into Motionbuilder
+* pull a Character from Asset Browser /Characters onto the animated skeleton (rename it to Character_Motion)
+
+| Name | Bone |
+| ------ | ------ |
+| *Base* |  |
+| Hips | VICON:root |
+| LeftUpLeg | VICON:lfemur |
+| LeftLeg | VICON:ltibia |
+| LeftFoot | VICON:lfoot |
+| RightUpLeg | VICON:rfemur |
+| RightLeg | VICON:rtibia |
+| RightFoot | VICON:rfoot |
+| Spine | VICON:lowerback |
+| LeftArm | VICON:lhumerus |
+| LeftForeArm | VICON:lradius |
+| LeftHand | VICON:lwrist |
+| RightArm | VICON:rhumerus |
+| RightForeArm | VICON:rradius |
+| RightHand | VICON:rwrist |
+| Head | VICON:head |
+| *Auxiliary* |  |
+| LeftShoulder | VICON:lclavicle |
+| RightShoulder | VICON:rclavicle |
+| Neck | VICON:lowerneck |
+| *Spine* |  |
+| Spine | VICON:lowerback |
+| Spine1 | VICON:upperback |
+| Spine2 | VICON:thorax |
+
+* Click on Characterize
+* For Character_Model choose the Source to be Character_Motion, now your model should be moving
+* Click on the mesh and in the top right on ``Bake (plot) Skeleton``
+![image](uploads/d43d8eb9cf17f30ba781bd639259fe70/image.png)
+* File --> Save
+* Drag and drop the fbx into Unreal, make sure to remove the tick on Import Mesh and set as Skeleton the skeletal mesh that you exported in the first step
+
+|:arrow_left: [Go back to _import data_ page](Import-Data)|
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