How Do I Use Armatures , I cannot get them to work with my meshes

Asked Jun 10 '15 at 17:01

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Im Trying To Learn How To Animate Movement with Armatures but all i can seem to do is move the armatures and not the actual mesh.

asked Jun 10 '15 at 17:01

sketcherskt

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Did you assign weights to the mesh, linked to the bones? Or maybe you are in Edit Mode? – Faceb Faceb Jun 10 '15 at 17:31
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i am clueless on how to do this perhaps if you gave me some step by step instructions on how to use them. – sketcherskt Jun 10 '15 at 17:33
Are the bones already connected to each other? – Faceb Faceb Jun 10 '15 at 17:35

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The easiest way is to parent the mesh to the armature with Automatic Weights, and then adjust the weights later on:

Select the mesh (Object Mode), and then select the armature
CtrlP, and then select 'Automatic weights'. Now Blender assigned weights to the mesh and parented them to the bones of the armature, depending on how the bones and mesh are relatively located.

To modify the weights:

You could select the armature and enter 'pose mode', by CtrlTab
Then you select the mesh and enter 'Weight paint mode', by CtrlTab. Now you can select a bone, while you can edit the weight paints of the mesh using the brush

answered Jun 10 '15 at 17:45

Faceb Faceb

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