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AFK AI for Blender: Auto-rig add-on

Rig and animate a model without leaving Blender. Select it, click Rig, and about a minute later a rigged copy with its animations appears next to it. Your original stays exactly as it was.

Download for BlenderHow it works ↓

Version 0.1.0 · 21.8 KBafk-ai-blender-0.1.0.zip
Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Three steps, inside Blender

  1. Blender
    Scene Collection
    1

    Select your model

    Click it in the viewport: one object or several. Cameras and lights are left out.

  2. Blender

    AFK AISign out

    you@example.com · 2 rigs left this month

    Body type
    Human▾
    All animationsRig only
    FacingAuto ▾
    Rig

    Rigging: adding the animations…

    2

    Click Rig

    In the AFK AI tab of the sidebar, pick the body type and click Rig. Keep working while it rigs.

  3. Blender
    Scene Collection
    Hero (AFK AI)
    3

    It's back in your scene

    The rigged copy appears to the right of the original, in a new collection, with its animations on the armature.

Install

  1. Download afk-ai-blender-0.1.0.zip. Don't unzip it.
  2. In Blender, open Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, click the arrow at the top right, choose Install from Disk... and pick the zip. Or drag the zip onto Blender's window.
  3. Still in Preferences, open System > Network and turn on Allow Online Access. AFK AI needs it to reach its servers; without it, the panel says it's off and does nothing.

Download

Download for Blender

Free to download

File
afk-ai-blender-0.1.0.zip
Version
0.1.0
Size
21.8 KB
Runs on
Windows, macOS, and Linux
SHA-256
7d6910131b595521581974c8b4fe4ddda33dd38c468ba95bb36c9d1acae63012

Requirements

  • Blender 4.2 or later, on Windows, macOS or Linux
  • Allow Online Access turned on in Blender's preferences
  • An afk.ai account: you sign in with Google. A free account gets 3 rigs a month.
  • An internet connection: the rigging happens on AFK AI's servers.

Use it

  1. In the 3D Viewport, press N to open the sidebar and click the AFK AI tab.
  2. Click Sign in. Your browser opens afk.ai: sign in with Google there, then go back to Blender. The panel shows your email and how many rigs you have left this month.
  3. Select the model. Choose its Body type, then All animations for every animation for that body type, or Rig only for just the skeleton. Leave Facing on Auto.
  4. Click Rig. The panel shows the progress: uploading, rigging, adding the animations, downloading.

If the browser can't get back to Blender (a firewall, or Blender on another computer), the afk.ai page shows a sign-in code. Click I have a sign-in code in the panel and paste it. A code works for an hour.

Each rig uses one of your account's rigs, the same as on afk.ai/rig. A free account gets 3 a month, with the free animations; a plan gives you more rigs and every animation. A rig that fails doesn't count.

What you get back

Where
A new collection, "Hero (AFK AI)" for a model called Hero, to the right of the original and selected.
Animations
On the armature, one action each. Open the Nonlinear Animation or Action editor to play them.
The file
A copy, name_rigged.glb, is kept next to your .blend file, or in your temporary folder if the .blend isn't saved. The status bar says where.
Your original
Not touched.
What AFK AI makes, in 3D: the model on a skeleton made for its body type, with its skin weights painted and its animations. Drag to turn it, and pick an animation to play. Knight: Medieval Knight by Andy Woodhead, CC BY 4.0.

Limits worth knowing

  • Blender only lets an add-on go online with Allow Online Access on. If Blender was started with --offline-mode, start it without that.
  • Models up to 50 MB. If yours is bigger, remove hidden parts and very large textures, or lower the polygon count with a Decimate modifier.
  • Every click on Rig that reaches AFK AI uses one of your rigs, even if you click Cancel while waiting: Cancel only stops Blender waiting.

Questions

Which Blender versions does it work in?

Blender 4.2 and later, on Windows, macOS and Linux. It's a Blender extension, installed with Install from Disk... in Get Extensions.

Where are the animations?

On the rigged model's armature, one action per animation. Play them from the Nonlinear Animation or Action editor.

Why does it need Allow Online Access?

Blender keeps add-ons offline unless you allow them online. AFK AI rigs on its servers, so it needs that switch on in Edit > Preferences > System > Network.

The rig came back wrong. What can I try?

Read the message in the panel. Usually another body type, or the model standing upright and facing forward, fixes it. If it comes back turned the wrong way, rig again with Facing set to the angle the model is turned.

Is AFK AI for Blender free?

It's free to download. Each rig uses one of your afk.ai account's rigs, the same as on afk.ai/rig: a free account gets 3 a month, with the free animations, and a plan gives you more rigs and every animation. A rig that fails doesn't count.

Does my sign-in end up in my files?

No. Your sign-in is kept on your computer, in your own user settings, never in a scene or project file, so sharing or committing your work never shares your account. Sign out forgets it.

Can I use the result in a commercial game?

Yes. The animations are CC0 (public domain), and your model stays yours.

Step by stepAuto-rig a character in Blender: the free AFK AI add-onSelect your model, click Rig, and about a minute later a rigged copy with its animations stands next to it, in Blender 4.2 and newer.Read the guide →

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