{"id":1347,"date":"2017-01-24T22:54:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avastar.online\/?page_id=1347"},"modified":"2017-01-24T22:54:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:54:16","slug":"create","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/avastar-2\/reference\/first-steps\/create\/","title":{"rendered":"Create"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><image src=\"\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/approve_logo_250.png\" style=\"width:120px;vertical-align:middle;margin-left:0px;margin-right:10px;\"><\/image> Create an Avastar Character <i class=\"fa fa-battery-0\"><\/i><\/h3>\n<div style=\"padding:70% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/227165168?h=1c1d395c65&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"vimeo video\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\">\n<h4>What we will do now<\/h4>\n<p>We first create a default Avastar character. This Object is normally used as a reference for your Avatar attachments. But you can also use the Avastar character as template for creating your own Mesh character.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<h4>Usage scenarios for Avastar<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Dummy model for clothing attachments<\/li>\n<li>Model for Animations<\/li>\n<li>Basis mesh for your own character<\/li>\n<li>Basis for your non human character creations (Create Avatar with &#8220;rig only&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">How to add a new Avastar Character - Read more...<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<h3>Adding a new Avastar<\/h3>\n<p>You can add a new Avastar Character only when Blender is in Object mode. You navigate to the Add -&gt; Avastar menu and select from one of the rig types:<\/p>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span6 rhcol\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3686 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344.png 349w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span6\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image633.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3687 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image633.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image633.png 349w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image633-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After a short time (typically 2-4 secs) a new Avastar character is created in the 3D View and at the center of the 3D View .<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"symple-toggle state-closed \"><h3 class=\"symple-toggle-trigger \">Add your own entries to the Add menu - Read more...<\/h3><div class=\"symple-toggle-container symple-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<p>Avastar comes with 6 ready made Presets for adding new characters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic Mesh (Triangles) + Basic skeleton<\/li>\n<li>Basic Mesh (Quads) + Basic skeleton<\/li>\n<li>Basic skeleton (no Mesh)<\/li>\n<li>Extended Mesh (Triangles) + Extended Skeleton<\/li>\n<li>Extended Mesh (Quads) + Extended Skeleton<\/li>\n<li>Extended Skeleton (no Mesh)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Besides these default presets you can add your own entries to the Add menu. You do this in the Add-on Preferences Panel of the Avastar-2 Add-on. Below you find how it is done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3686 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344.png 349w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image344-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Step 1: Open the Add-on Preferences Panel:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<ul>\n<li>Open the Tool Shelf<\/li>\n<li>Open the Settings Panel<\/li>\n<li>Click the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Avastar Preferences<\/em><\/span> Button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This will open a popup window with the User preferences panel of the Avastar-2 Add-on (see below)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image347.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3689 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image347.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Create new Presets<\/h3>\n<p>In the Add-on Preferences Panel you find the section <em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Character Definitions<\/span><\/em>(see image below). Here you can define your additional Character <em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Rig Presets<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image348.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3690 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image348.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image348.png 800w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image348-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Image348-768x487.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The preset Attributes&#8230;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Create Avastar with &#8230;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>By default you only can create Avastar characters using Triangles. However if you also have Sparkles-Pro installed, then you can also choose to create Avastar Meshes with Quads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image349.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1478\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image349.png\" alt=\"Image349\" width=\"258\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Rig Type<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We support 2 Rigtypes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic (legacy rig &#8211; 26 mBones)<\/li>\n<li>Extended (Bento rig &#8211; 136 mBones)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image350.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1477\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image350.png\" alt=\"Image350\" width=\"258\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Joint Type<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The SL Rig supports 2 Joint types with very tiny differences. The reason why there exist 2 Joint types can only be explained as historic facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Pos<\/span><\/em> Joints (Used by the System Character)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Pivot<\/span><\/em> Joints (Used for Custom meshes, default)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image351.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1476\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image351.png\" alt=\"Image351\" width=\"258\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In most cases you want to use Pivot Joints. But sometimes (especially when it comes to foreign developer kits) you may need to use the Pos Joints to keep best compatibility with what you get in world.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong><\/span> we have not yet found a good reason for when to use the POS Joints (which are slightly less precise) But we found that for example the Belleza Developer kit uses them. When in doubt, then try out which joint type matches best for your purposes.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Create the Preset<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<p>When you have specified your settings, then you are ready to create your new Preset by clicking on the white<strong> +<\/strong> sign right sided to the RigPresets Drop Down Menu.<\/p>\n<p>A small popup Window opens where you can give your Preset a name. You press OK to store your preset permanently. Please use only ASCII characters and avoid special keys and Umlauts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image352.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1479\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image352.png\" alt=\"Image352\" width=\"330\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image352.png 330w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image352-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"rhcol span7\">\n<p>From now on you find the new Preset in the Avastar Add menu<\/p>\n<p>Note: When you delete the Avastar default Presets, then this deletion is only valid for the current Blender session. As soon as you restart Blender the Avastar default Presets are automatically recreated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rhcol span5\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image353.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image353.png\" alt=\"Image353\" width=\"321\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image353.png 321w, https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/279\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Image353-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<a href=\"\/avastar-2\/reference\/first-steps\/adjust\/\" class=\"symple-button default green   \" target=\"_self\" title=\"Visit Site\" style=\"border-radius:3px\" rel=\"\"><span class=\"symple-button-inner\" style=\"border-radius:3px\">Next &#8212; Adjust<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create an Avastar Character What we will do now We first create a default Avastar character. This Object is normally used as a reference for your Avatar attachments. But you can also use the Avastar character as template for creating your own Mesh character. 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