Quick Start

This page takes one character from nothing to a finished, keyed pose. It is the fastest way to confirm that the add-on and your rig are both ready.

A first pose

Start AutoPose, place the wrist, then add an ankle constraint while the wrist stays active.

The Whole Thing In Six Steps

1. Select the character

   Open the Blaze AutoPose panel in the 3D Viewport sidebar and pick your armature in Character Rig.

2. Map the rig

   In Rig Setup, choose your rig family in 1. Choose Rig Mapping and press Apply Preset, or press Auto Detect and let AutoPose recognise it. For a custom rig, fill the five chain lists by hand.

3. Reconstruct

   Open 3. Build AutoPose Rig and press Reconstruct AutoPose Rig.

4. Confirm the T-pose

   Put the generated _TPOSE rig into a clean T-pose, press Confirm Front View, check it from the top, then press Finalize T-Pose.

5. Start AutoPose

   Switch the panel to AutoPose and press the big Start AutoPose button. The handles appear on the character.

6. Drag, then finish

   Drag a wrist. Drag a foot. Press I to key the pose if you want it on the timeline, then press Esc or Finish AutoPose.

Steps 2 to 4 happen once

Reconstruction and the T-pose belong to the character, not to the session. Coming back to the same rig tomorrow, you start at step 5.

Pick Your Starting Path

A Supported Rig Family

If your character is a Rigify, Auto-Rig Pro, CloudRig, Mixamo, or Puppet Studio rig, the mapping is already written for you.

1. Apply the preset

   In 1. Choose Rig Mapping, choose the family from the dropdown and press Apply Preset. If you are not sure which one it is, press Auto Detect instead.

2. Glance at the result

   Expand 2. Review Controller Mapping. Every chain should read Valid. A chain that reads Needs attention tells you exactly what is wrong underneath it.

   Always inspect the lists before reconstruction. Rig versions and custom edits can change controller names even when the preset family is correct.

3. Reconstruct and finish the T-pose

   Press Reconstruct AutoPose Rig, then complete the two T-pose confirmation steps.

A Custom Rig

A custom rig takes a few more minutes, once.

1. Try Auto Detect first

   It is worth a try even on a custom rig. If it fills the chains correctly, you have saved yourself the work.

2. Fill the five chains

   Expand 2. Review Controller Mapping and build Right Leg, Left Leg, Right Hand, Left Hand, and Spine using the + button or the REC button.

3. Check the order

   Legs and arms are built from the end of the limb inward. The spine is built from the hips upward. Rig Setup has the exact order for each chain.

4. Reconstruct and finish the T-pose

   Same as any other rig.

Leave Mirror on

Mirror Left / Right is on by default and fills the opposite limb as you work, which halves the mapping effort on a symmetrical character.

Your First Drag

With the session running, try this in order. It is the quickest way to get a feel for how AutoPose responds.

1. Drag a wrist handle across the viewport. The arm, shoulder, and spine follow it.
2. Drag the other wrist. The first one stays roughly where you put it, because an active constraint keeps conditioning every later solve.
3. Drag a foot. The hips and the whole lower body adjust underneath the pose you have built.
4. Alt-click the head handle to switch it between position and rotation, and see the difference in what it controls.
5. Press Enter when the pose is close. This saves the current pose as a Restore checkpoint and clears the constraints. It is optional: every drag already starts from the pose visible before you begin dragging.

The panel during a session

the mode buttons, the constraint controls, and the big Start or Finish button at the bottom.

Saving The Result

You have three ways to keep what you made, and they are not exclusive.

Action	What it does
Finish AutoPose (Esc)	Ends the session and leaves the current pose on your FK controllers
Press I	Inserts normal Blender keyframes on those controllers at the current frame
Record	Captures every solve while you drag and bakes them to consecutive frames when you stop

Checklist Before You Judge The Result

If something looks wrong, run through this list before changing anything:

1. The correct character is chosen in Character Rig.
2. Every chain in Review Controller Mapping reads Valid.
3. The panel is not warning that the Controller mapping changed.
4. The T-pose you confirmed was actually a T-pose, with the arms out and the legs straight.
5. You are in AutoPose and not Manual Pose.

If the list is clean and the result still is not, Troubleshooting covers the common causes.

Where To Go Next

• Posing With Constraints for the full posing toolkit.
• Foot Contact & Ground when the character needs to stand on something.
• Poses & Animation for keying, recording, and moving poses between frames.