This is a tool I have adapted from link another project to help me process animated characters and animations into a format that is more friendly for CRYENGINE to deal with.
At present it has a couple of simple functions:
- bulk rename bones, using a configuration file
- dump out a list of the bones, and their pre and post rotations
- rename the first animation in an FBX file so it matches the actual file name - I use this to bulk rename animations, since it can work in conjunction with a command line or regex based renaming utility.
- apply a couple of fixes specific to Mixamo characters
In progress is work on:
- adding IK bones to the skeleton
- adding properly named physics and ragdoll proxies
.\bin\x64\Debug\fbxtool.exe -i human_female.fbx -o renamed\human_female.fbx -v -j .\mixamo-to-autodesk.json -f
Reads an input file called human_female.fbx and outputs to a different folder a file with the same name. Don't try and output to the same folder, unless you give the file a new name!
Joint naming is taken from the mixamo-to-autodesk.json file. We apply fixes appropriate for Mixamo models.
Run the program with with -h to see the command lines options on offer e.g.
.\bin\x64\Debug\fbxtool.exe -h
I am using Visual Studio 2017 for the solution, though I have set the project to use settings suitable for Visual Studio 2015 users to make things a little easier for people who haven't upgraded yet.
You will require a copy of the FBX SDK from Autodesk installed onto your machine. The project is using version 2018.1.1 but is compatible with some other versions. You can either download and install link FBX SDK 2018.1.1 or use another version if you already have that installed. If you choose to use a different version you will need to change the project "VC++ Directories" to include the install folder for your version.