digicreatures / rigacar

Blender addon to generate rig for cars
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Rigacar addon not working properly #106

Open Fl3amy opened 1 year ago

Fl3amy commented 1 year ago

image this is the issue i have been having. I've tried everything still nothing, and when i try to generate a rig this happens: image

ZiaCreatesIdeas commented 1 year ago

Hello, It took me a long time to understand how to rig a vehicle using this plugin.
It is important to get the orientation facing correctly (-y). I learned to add a monkey mesh. The names must be exactly correct. You can cut and paste from below. I made a step by step tutorial starting from scratch with a cube.

Side_by_Side Blender RigaCar Addon Explained in 73 Steps (w/o line breaks) Hosting by Dropbox, no yt ads. Thanks to Rigacar.


  1. Split Window.
  2. Load Instructions.
  3. Install RigaCar 7.1
  4. Turn Off Lights, Camera (filter)
  5. Determine Front.
  6. (monkey)
  7. Scale Y, Z
  8. Drop Nose:
  9. Mode > Edit
  10. Edges
  11. Grab + Z
  12. Mode > Object
  13. Make a Wheel
  14. Position (Snapping)
  15. Object: Origin > Cursor
  16. Make 3 Wheels:
  17. Modifier > Mirror
  18. Modifier > Apply
  19. 21. Position to Ground

  20. 23. Put Each Tire in Layer

  21. Select Wheel
  22. Mode > Edit
  23. L - Linked
  24. 3d Cursor -> Selected
  25. New Layer:
  26. P > Selection
  27. Mode > Object
  28. Select Wheel
  29. Shift-A:
  30. Empty > Plain Axis
  31. Select Next Wheel
  32. Repeat 3x
  33. (no need to Separate
  34. last tire)
  35. 39. Parent Wheels to Empty

  36. Select Wheel
  37. Shift Select Axis
  38. Ctrl + P (parent) >
  39. Object (keep Transform)
  40. 45. Parent Body of Car + Monkey

  41. Cursor > World Origin
  42. Shift-A:
  43. Empty > Plain Axis
  44. Select Body.
  45. Shift Select Monkey.
  46. Shift Select Axis.
  47. Ctrl + P >
  48. Object (Keep Trans.)
  49. 55. Test Grab

  50. Verify Outliner.
  51. 59. Rename Empty's:

  52. 'Name' can be anything
  53. Select Body Axis:
  54. Name.Body
  55. Select Left Front Axis
  56. Name-Wheel.Ft.L
  57. Select Right Front Axis
  58. Name-Wheel.Ft.R
  59. Select Back Right Axis
  60. Name-Wheel.Bk.R
  61. Select Back Left Axis
  62. Name-Wheel.Bk.L
  63. 72. Add Armature:

  64. Select All Axis
  65. Shift-A : Armature >Rigacar
  66. View Bones: Shift - Z
  67. Verify Cursor > World Origin
  68. N - Side Panel
  69. 81. Generate Rig.

  70. Test Forward Motion
  71. Adjust Wheel Speed.
  72. Play w/ Rig.
  73. DONE !!