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reallusion_rigger

v1.2

Reallusion Rigger for Houdini

Builds a Character Creator 5 / iClone 8 character in Solaris with Karma XPU MaterialX materials, and an APEX body and facial rig to animate it in Houdini.

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Houdini 22.0 or newer (Indie or Apprentice — ships as .hdalc)

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What it actually does

The Reallusion Rigger contains the Reallusion Importer: Character Creator 5 and iClone 8 characters imported as USD or FBX, with Karma XPU MaterialX materials and one lookdev controller. On top of that it builds an APEX rig for the character, body and face, and bakes the character’s own animation through it.

Animation happens in Houdini’s APEX animate state: controls and gears, the Character Picker, catalog poses, Face Puppet, Face Key Muscle, Auto Blink, Auto Breathe and Look At. Clips exported on the same character are refined on animation layers.

Requires Houdini 22.0 or newer. The Reallusion Importer, sold as the other version on the same Gumroad page, runs on Houdini 21 and 22 and has no rig.

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Specifications

Version1.2
Role / CategoryIntegrator / Character rigging and animation
HoudiniHoudini 22.0 or newer
PlatformTested on Windows
InputA Character Creator export
OutputThe rigged, shaded character, animated in the viewport
Ships asBlack-boxed .hdalc, with an unlocked rig node
LicenceSingle-user, royalty-free
UpdatesFree for life, with in-node notice
SupportDiscord — invite is on the node

Expressions301 from Character Creator's templates
Hand poses71
Auto Blink profiles5 from iClone
Rig build40 to 90 seconds on the test characters
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