Import a BVH file
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The video below shows a BVH file being imported into Blender 2.5 and attached (through 'parenting') to the free 'Biped' rig from Nathan Vegdahl. This silent 11 minute video is about 15MB and is in WMV format, should you choose to download it.

 

Blender 2.5 motion capture (BVH) import from Nigel Ward on Vimeo.

Here is the BVH file I used and here is the Biped file. If you're feeling too lazy to remove the bones from the Biped file here is a Biped file with the bones removed. The BVH file is a free file offered by trueBones.com  (registration required) but thousands more BVH files are available for free download as indicated on the previous page. Here is a truebones free BVH file of someone climbing a rope. The advantage of truebones files over the Carnegie Mellon files is that they are less complex and may better match the skins (bodies) that you are likely to find or to make.

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