Animation and Rigging Tools: FAQ, Known Issues and Feature Roadmap

[RedEyes]

@jwfitt;14660

Thanks for the updates!

Still having some troubles with the skinning step when using a custom mesh (using the latest build from dropbox).

Error: RuntimeError: file D:/UE4 Rigging Tools/MayaTools/General/Scripts\ART_skeletonBuilder_UI.py line 8714: Problems occurred with dependency graph setup.

A mel script fix posted by SwitchNZ on the Answer Hub, lets you get past the skinning stage successfully (mesh deforms fine with the ART skeleton).

string $gffu] = ls -sl;
for ($rfo in $gffu)
{
lockNode -lock off $rfo;
}

Maya Animation and Rigging Toolset| cannot bind skin - Programming & Scripting - Epic Developer Community Forums

Unfortunately, once you try to build the control rig, you get the error “File contains unkown nodes or data. To preserve this information, the current file type cannot be changed.”

You hit OK, and then a Publish error dialog pops up: “Could not save Export file. File may exist already and be marked as read only.”

There is no file in the location it’s trying to save to, and manually saving the file in that location and trying again presents the same errors.

Also, I have tried bringing in several different meshes (both fbx and obj imports), as well as doing a scene optimization to remove unknown nodes prior to starting the ART process. All with the same results. Building out a rig using just the ART proxy geometry is working fine.

save in maya binary, cause the ascii one can’t to save unknow dag objects.