Rigging workflow
accurig 2 is easiest to understand as a capability split: you guide the character, let the system fit a skeleton, then review the result before export. That separation makes common rigging decisions easier to inspect and correct.
Core capabilities
The second-generation workflow is less about one automatic button and more about giving each rigging decision a visible place in the process.
How it works
Treat each stage as a checkpoint. A clean handoff between placement, fitting, and review reduces surprises when the character reaches animation.
Use a readable humanoid mesh with its limbs, torso, head, and feet clearly separated in the shape. Remove unnecessary geometry and check that the model faces the expected direction before uploading.
Position the key markers over joints and body landmarks. Spend time on shoulders, hips, knees, elbows, wrists, ankles, and the head because those points influence how the fitted skeleton bends.
Inspect the resulting skeleton against the mesh, test a few basic poses, and correct visible problems before sending the rig into the next part of your production pipeline.
At a glance
These checkpoints describe what you can control, rather than promising that every source mesh will produce the same result.
Use cases
Different artists need different levels of control. The useful question is not whether the process is automatic, but where manual review gives you the most value.
You have finished a custom humanoid mesh and need a dependable starting skeleton without building every joint hierarchy by hand.
The separated placement and fitting stages make it easier to catch proportion errors while the model is still fresh. The [what is accurig](/what-is-accurig) overview explains the underlying idea.
what is accurigYour character begins in Blender and needs to move from modeling into posing, testing, or a broader animation pipeline.
A review-first workflow gives you a chance to inspect the rig before importing it into a Blender scene. The [accurig blender](/accurig-for-blender) guide covers that handoff.
accurig blenderYou need to test several original characters quickly while keeping enough control to reject weak joint placement.
The capability split turns batch preparation into repeatable checkpoints, helping a small team focus its time on meshes that need actual correction. Compare the approach in [accurig vs mixamo](/accurig-vs-mixamo).
accurig vs mixamoYou are learning how character proportions, joint placement, and deformation affect a finished animation.
Seeing the guide positions before the final skeleton helps connect anatomy decisions with motion problems. The [accurig tutorial](/accurig-tutorial) gives the process a practical order.
accurig tutorialLimits and edges
Automatic fitting can save setup time, but it cannot infer every unusual design choice. The biggest gains come when the source mesh is clear and the artist checks the result before animating.
Prepared mesh
Reviewed rigging result
Common questions
These answers focus on what the second-generation workflow changes and where its boundaries remain.
accurig 2 is a way to think about the AccuRIG workflow as separate capabilities: preparing the mesh, placing body guides, fitting a skeleton, and reviewing the result. The split gives artists clearer checkpoints instead of treating automatic rigging as an uninspectable final step.
The useful change is the clearer separation between artist input and automatic fitting. You can focus first on the character landmarks, then judge the fitted result on its own before moving into animation or export.
No automatic rigging system can reliably understand every unusual proportion, costume layer, or non-humanoid feature without review. AccuRIG can reduce manual setup, but artists should still check guide placement, joint alignment, and basic poses on the finished result.
It can be a useful starting point for stylized humanoids when the body structure is readable and the main joints are accessible. Very exaggerated proportions, hidden limbs, extra appendages, or intersecting meshes may require more manual correction or a different rigging approach.
No. Its role is to help create and review a character rig, while animation software remains the place for posing, keyframes, retargeting, deformation tests, and final scene work. Export compatibility and cleanup should be checked in the application where the character will be animated.