Poly Hammer

Save this! Tune into the next Inside Unreal stream this Thursday as we demo some of our latest updates that support MetaHuman workflows in Blender! #b3d #Unreal #MetaHumans #rigging

Free tool: Character DNA for Blender Poly Hammer just made the base edition of its add-on for importing MetaHuman characters and animations into Blender a free download cgchannel.com/2026/07/the-ch… #Blender #B3D #MetaHuman #UnrealEngine #gamedev #VFX #animation @polyhammertools

@3D_director @UnrealEngine Yes! You can import from Unreal's MetaHuman Animator onto the face board in Blender... Also the body too!

@PolyHammerTools @UnrealEngine Metahuman from U5->export to Blender->import using your addon->Full facial rig available?

HUGE NEWS for the #Blender and @UnrealEngine community! We've integrated Epic's OpenRigLogic from the new MetaHuman Devkit directly into our Character DNA Addon — and made it totally FREE! Read our post about it and the new pro features! 👇 polyhammer.com/blog/free-char… Get 1-to-1 #MetaHuman rigs inside Blender today! #b3d #UnrealEngine5 #Animation #TechArt

Take a look at the animation and shading test for Asja, the protagonist of the indie animated film Solace, directed by Wojtek Fus. Fully handcrafted, no AI involved: 80.lv/articles/gorge…

@bnkiran86 Hey! Can you do us a favor and post your question here? github.com/poly-hammer/ch… We can assist you in detail there without max character response limits. Thanks!

@PolyHammerTools Even the link to poly hammer build tool also not available github.com/poly-hammer/po…

@bnkiran86 @Coverop Gotcha, we made a tutorial on this actually if you want to check it out here: youtu.be/V4mWGrTJqFg?si…

@PolyHammerTools @Coverop Thanks for your response. I am looking for importing FBX file not from unreal engine. Say like I have animation from Mixamo site, how can I import that animation file using polyhammer's addon

We just released our new Character Control Rig Addon for Blender! We listened to our user's requests, and this was created specifically to help them with their MetaHuman animation workflows in Blender. Want to learn more? We just dropped a new tutorial demoing how you can use it with Rigify, Mixamo, and Unreal's robust Retargetor. Importing and exporting animations onto FK controls and the MetaHuman Face Board is dead simple now. youtu.be/V4mWGrTJqFg?si… #BlenderTutorial #MetaHuman #UE5 #blender

@bnkiran86 @Coverop If I am understanding your question correctly... Yes! You can import animation data exported by the Blender addon to Unreal Engine.

@Coverop @PolyHammerTools How does the body animation file which is not from unreal engine works? Can I import that external fbx file directly from the addon?

Poly Hammer has released an add-on that generates rigs for MetaHuman characters in Blender and retargets animations to them from Unreal Engine. Get Character Control Rig here: 80.lv/articles/new-a… @PolyHammerTools

@bnkiran86 Sure! Check this out: youtu.be/i5Dwwy98d2Y?si…

@PolyHammerTools Thanks for your response. It would be helpful if you post some video tutorials on this.

@PolyHammerTools Why the shoulder shrinks down when rig applied? Any fix?

@Coverop We plan to support multiple rig frameworks. Rigify is free and already in Blender, so we did that first. ARP is next on the list.

@PolyHammerTools I would have expected you guys to use Auto Rig Pro

Check out how to customize MetaHuman RBF behavior to get high quality, but still performant corrective deformations!

🎥 New update (v0.6.2) and RBF Editor Tutorial for #MetaHumans! Learn to modify RBF poses with the Character DNA addon in #Blender. Customize a bicep RBF Pose and import back to @UnrealEngine. All details in the video: youtu.be/i5Dwwy98d2Y?si… #MetaHuman #BlenderTutorial #UnrealEngine #b3d

Blender 5.1 physics on Hair and Cape. Animated with Unreal to Blender with @PolyHammerTools #b3d #geometrynodes #Blender

@operationdfs Yes, any animations you generate in MetaHuman Animator, you can export and import onto the face board in Blender. Check out this tutorial on how you can do it: youtube.com/watch?v=j59ftP…

@PolyHammerTools I wonder is this possible with livelink face animations? If so how would that work

youtu.be/7CVnZxLRriI?si… Check out this new tutorial that covers the new features we released in version 0.5.3 of the Blender MetaHuman DNA addon! You’ll learn: • Baking an Unreal level sequence animation for FBX export • How to correctly import MetaHuman body animation in Blender • An overview of the swing, twist, and RBF body bones in Blender • Tips to boost viewport performance when animating • How you can connect Auto-Rig Pro or Rigify to drive the body #MetaHuman #UnrealEngine #UE5 #UnrealEngine5 #Blender #Blender3D #UnrealToBlender #BlenderTutorial #characteranimation

The last release of 2025 just went out! This was a smaller release, but focused on improving stability and Blender 5.0 compatibility. New crashes caused by shader edits and undo/redo operations were resolved, as well as, body animation import issues related to root motion. Thank you to everyone, who has been helping by filling out bug reports. This makes a big difference! github.com/poly-hammer/me… #Blender #BlenderAddons #GameDevTools #TechnicalArt #RiggingTools #UnrealEngine #MetaHuman

Latest @PolyHammerTools Metahuman DNA addon update is insanely good!🔥 Now we can get correct body deformations and import body animation from Unreal which opens up a new set of possibilities 🧬 #blender3d #b3d