Posing skeletal mesh in UE4 and converting it into static mesh - possible?

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Is there a way (or maybe coming soon?) to pose skeletal character and then convert into a static mesh ?

Thanks

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Just…

… do it in blender or maya, then export mesh, then import again …

those programs work better for that, since they were designed to do that

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Yeah, that would work for assets made from scratch. I want to mess with UE4 assets.

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If you don’t own the asset and can’t export it, you aren’t going to have much luck manipulating it without RE’ing UE4’s asset packing.

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Hey, super old post, but I wanted to post as I was looking for something similar.

TLDR; Skeletal Mesh to Static Mesh Conversion | Unreal Engine Documentation.

If you want to pose via the editor, you can pose in the skeletal mesh asset and save the pose.

Then, open a Map, drag your skeletal mesh in and set the animation pose on it.

Right-click on the actor, and click “Convert [your-asset] to Static Mesh”.

Pick a spot to save it in your project and you’re good to go!

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Unfortunately, UE 5.3 crashes when I attempt to convert a MetaHuman actor to a static mesh through the steps described above.

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Same on 5.4. The engine crashes when converting the posed metahuman into a static mesh.

@useronym have you found a solution?

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My solution was to stop using Metahuman.