Rig-GNS (Pro) 3.8.1

Last updated on April 08, 2025

Rig-GNS.

Introducing Rig-GNS, a comprehensive Blender add-on tailored to enhance your rigging and animation experience for Genesis figures from Daz Studios. With a range of powerful features, Rig-GNS brings a range of essential features to streamline your character animation workflow and unlock the full potential of your creations.

Empower your character animations with Rig-GNS and experience the joy of seamless rigging and animation for your Genesis figures. Elevate your creative endeavors with this indispensable tool for Blender. Happy animating!

Key Features:

• Rigify Integration: Rig-GNS allows you to rig your Genesis figures with Rigify's advanced rigging system with just a few clicks. This seamless integration creates several control bones, providing you with an array of options for easy and intuitive manual animation.
• Animation Retargeting: Rig-GNS's "Ani-Mixa" tab effortlessly integrates with Mixamo, Daz, Rokoko, and the Actorcore Animation Library, allowing you to easily retarget animations to your Genesis figures.
• Lip-Sync and Facial Expressions: Elevate your character animations with the intuitive "Lip-Meter" tab for lip-sync and facial expression, bringing lifelike emotions to your creations.
• Cloth Simulation: Utilize the "Simu-Quick" tab for quick and efficient cloth and hair simulations, adding realism to your character effortlessly.

User-Friendly Interface:

We understand the challenges of learning a new add-on, which is why the Rig-GNS User-interface was meticulously designed to be user-friendly. The interface is thoughtfully divided into four main panels: Rigging panel, Animixa panel, Lip-meter panel and Simu-quick.

1. Rigging Panel: Import and rig your Genesis figure with few clicks using the rigify functionality.
2. Animixa Panel: Seamlessly assign animations from Mixamo or the Daz animation library to your Genesis figure.
3. Lip-meter Panel: Create precise lip-sync and expressive facial animations for your character effortlessly.
4. Simu-Quick Panel: It provides quick cloth and hair simulation for your character, ensuring realism.

Additional Features:

• Broad Figure Compatibility: Rigging capabilities for Genesis 3, Genesis 8/8.1, and the latest Genesis 9 figures.
• Flexible Animation Retargeting: Effortlessly retarget animations from Mixamo, Daz, Rokoko, and the Actorcore Animation Library to your Genesis figures, enabling versatile animation possibilities.
• Export to Daz: Export keyframed animations from Blender to Daz Studio.
• Adjust Retargeted Animation: Easily fine-tune retargeted animations for precise body tilt and control of body parts.
• Auto Mouth-Shapes Generation: Achieve precise and natural lip-sync with automatic mouth-shapes generation.
• Quick Hair and Cloth Physics: Enjoy the convenience of quick and efficient hair and cloth physics simulation.
• Enhanced Material Shaders: Improved and simplified material shaders for both Cycles and Eevee render engines.
• Multiple Figure Support: Work with multiple figures in a single scene, providing a streamlined workflow for complex projects.
• Integration with Daz Add-ons: Compatibility with Daz to Blender Bridge as well as Diffeomorphic Daz Importer.

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Compatibility and Testing:

Rest assured, Rig-GNS has been thoroughly tested with Blender 2 series, Blender 3 series up to Blender 4.4. The Genesis figures utilized during testing were exported from Daz Studio 4.23 and prior versions. Rig-GNS operates flawlessly on both Windows and Mac OS.

For an in-depth understanding of all the aspects and capabilities of the Rig-GNS add-on, refer to the comprehensive User Guide, which provides step-by-step instructions and detailed explanations.

Getting started with Rig-GNS Video Tutorial:

Exporting and Rigging; 

Animation;

Lip-sync

Version 3.8.1. (April 08, 2025)

• General Improvements:
  • Enhanced compatibility with Blender 4.4.

• Animixa 3.4.1:
  • Fixed issues with the Convert to GNS button not appearing in Blender 4.4.
  • Resolved animation import problems in Blender 4.4.
• Lip-meter 2.5:
  • Refined and polished Asset Shelf poses for better accuracy and consistency.
  • Lipsync pose thumbnails now update correctly in the asset shelf.
  • Improved UI for a more intuitive user experience.
  • Added Cancel Modification button for quick resets.
  • Introduced Toggle Mesh Subdivision button for better viewport performance control.

Version 3.8.0 (January 1, 2025)

• Improvements:
  • Enhanced compatibility with Blender 4.3.

• Animixa 3.4:
  • Added Rotation Button: Easily adjust the orientation of retargeted rigs using the new Rotation button.
  • Added Restore Adjustment Button: Quickly revert any bone adjustments in the Animixa tab, streamlining your workflow.
  • Added Mute Button: Disable specific bones' animation when they're not needed for certain actions or sequences.
  • Improved FK-IK Interface: Enjoy a cleaner and more intuitive layout in the FK-IK section of Animixa.

Version 3.7.5. (October 23, 2024)

• Improvements:
  • Payhip Marketplace Integration
• Lip-meter 2.4:
  • Camera Detection Fix.
  • Improved Shape Key Handling for controllers.
  • Resolved viewport shading errors when modifying controllers.

Version 3.7.4. (August 10, 2024)

• Improvements:
  • Enhanced compatibility with Blender 4.2.
  • Improved face deformation handling in Blender 4.2.
  • Support added for older Blender version 3.x Bone layers to work with 4.x Collections.
• Simuquick 1.2:
  • Added a new pop-up menu for a cleaner user interface.
  • Introduced a “Clear Simu Bones” button.
  • Fixed issues with the “Isolate” button functionality.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Resolved viewport shading errors with Lip-Meter when modifying controllers.

Version 3.7.3. (June 5, 2024)

• Animixa 3.3:
  • The "Bind" button now also functions as an "Unbind" button for animations.
  • Added options for parenting props to rigs using Bone, Vertex group, Automatic weight, or Transfer weight.
• Lip-meter 2.3:
  • Controllers now works with Pose library in the asset shelve.
  • Added buttons for resetting and hiding controllers.
• Bugs Fixed:
  • Resolved G9 Error when rigging a figure imported with the Diffeomorphic option.
  • Fixed face distortion after rigging a figure imported with the Diffeomorphic option.
  • Addressed installation issues with Blender 4.0.

Version 3.7.2. (February 14, 2024)

• Export BVH files to Daz with Genesis 9 figures
• Parenting props to rig improved.
• Error with Normals resolved.

Last updated on April 08, 2025