Grouping objects prior to rigging.

Sigurd

I have a complex object I would like to rig as a figure. It is a basic rifle with folding stock.I created it in Blender. Can anyone tell me how I group it prior to importing it into the figure pane? I have imported it into Daz already and parented it as a prop and rigged it that way but would like to convert it to a figure for ease of use.

I have been trying this with no luck. It either ends up being so many component parts that I cannot join or one part I cannot differentiate. If anyone has a good idea how I can group it in Blender or Daz and then rig it I would really appreciate it. I have looked through many tutorials but they focus on figures and weight mapping or say how it is important that my objects are already grouped when I import them which does not help if I do not know how to do this.

If anyone knows of a good tutorial that would tell me I would like that also. I would buy the tutorials offered here on Daz if I was assured they dealt with this but do not want to waste time and money if they do not address this.

I am currently looking through Blender tutorials but so far they have not helped.

Thank you for any help you can spare.

Richard Haseltine

You need one group for each part that must move.