Get the free Maya Cascadeur Bridge

Games artist and tools developer Nathaniel Albright – aka 3D CG Guru – has released the Maya Cascadeur Bridge.

The handy free Maya add-on streamlines the process of moving data between Maya and Cascadeur, Nekki’s AI-assisted character animation software.

Send rigged characters to Cascadeur and animation data back to Maya in a few clicks
The Maya Cascadeur Bridge makes transferring data between Maya and Cascadeur a one-click process.

It works with both characters and scene objects, but the most likely workflow is to send a rigged character from Maya to Cascadeur, then send animation data back.

Characters are automatically converted from Maya’s HumanIK (HIK) rig structure to Cascadeur’s Quick Rigging Tool, and the process supports twist and roll bones.

Users can also choose to transfer the entre scene, or only the selected objects or Object Sets; and can choose to update only models, textures or animation on subsequent updates.

System requirements
The Maya Cascadeur Bridge is compatible with Maya 2022+. It’s a free download.

Read more about the Maya Cascadeur Bridge in Nathaniel Albright’s Gumroad store

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