Does this addon require the Character DNA addon?

Yes. Character Assembly imports the head and body through the Character DNA addon, so you need it installed and enabled in Blender. Character DNA is free and can be installed from the Poly Hammer portal.

Where does the manifest file come from?

From the Poly Hammer Interchange plugin for Unreal Engine, which is free on Fab. It exports your MetaHuman DNA, grooms, clothing, props and textures into a single folder and writes the CharacterAssemblyManifest.json next to them, so you never have to author a manifest by hand.

Can I simulate the hair after it is imported?

Yes. Grooms import as native Blender curves with their caches left intact and are bound to the head or body surface, so they follow facial expressions out of the box and you can layer physics or your own grooming tools on top without baking anything first.

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Character Assembly

Drag and drop a single manifest file into Blender and it builds the entire character. Head and body from DNA, grooms from Alembic, and the outfit from FBX. Render-ready materials wired up with your exported textures, hair dynamics configured, and a lit scene is ready for you to render that epic cinematic.

Platform Support:

Windows
ARM MacOS
Linux

Addon Features

Render Ready Materials

Skin, eyes, teeth, grooms and fabric all arrive built, including the head wrinkle maps that are driven by OpenRigLogic.

Lighting Presets

Bundled HDRI environments with a rotation slider for rapid look development.

Simulation Ready Hair

Grooms come in as real Blender curves. Unreal physics settings are mapped onto the Blender Geometry node setup that uses the XPBD solver and proxy collision objects for accurate simulation.

Full Component Assembly

MetaHuman have many pieces scattered across several file formats. One manifest file, output by our FREE Unreal Engine Plugin can be drag-and-dropped into Blender to assemble the whole character.

Camera Settings

Optionally, import camera and render settings that give you that cinematic look, while optimizing render times.

Outfit Occlusion Culling

You have several options for outfit occlusion culling. With this enabled, poke-through has nowhere to appear.

Component Support

Component	Format	Supported
Head	.dna	✓
Body	.dna	✓
Hair	.abc	✓
Eyebrows	.abc	✓
Eyelashes	.abc	✓
Peach Fuzz	.abc	✓
Beard	.abc	✓
Outfit	.abc	✓
Clothing	.fbx	✓
Textures	.png	✓

Render Engine Support

Render Engine	Supported
Cycles	✓
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Satisfaction Guaranteed

We are so confident that you will love the addon, that we offer a 30-day money back guarantee. Please check out the list of supported components and render engines above before you purchase. However, if you are not satisfied with the product for any reason, we will refund your purchase.

Detailed Documentation

Resources to help you get started FAST

We provide detailed documentation as well as a video playlist to help you hit the ground running on your next MetaHuman project in Blender!

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Requires the Character DNA Addon

Character Assembly imports the head and body through Character DNA. You must have it installed and enabled in Blender for the Character Assembly Addon to function. If you don't have it yet, grab it first. Its FREE!

Manifests Come From Our FREE Unreal Plugin

The manifest Character Assembly reads is written by the Poly Hammer Interchange plugin for Unreal Engine. It is free on Fab, and it exports your character's DNA, grooms, clothing, props and textures into one compact folder alongside the manifest, so there are no more tedious manual exports of dozens of asset components. Read the setup guide.