Creating a Character using MakeHuman

Download the latest stable version of the MakeHuman application from http://www.makehuman.org/

Download the latest stable MakeHuman Blender tools from http://www.makehuman.org/

Download the corresponding (not necessarily the latest) version of the Blender application from http://www.blender.org/

Install the MakeHuman application as directed by http://www.makehuman.org/doc/node/install_makehuman.html

Install the Blender application.

Install the MakeHuman tool scripts to Blender’s scripts directory. On Windows 7 machines, this involves unzipping the archive to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\version\scripts\addons

Launch the Blender application, open a User Preferences editor, activate the Addons tab, and check the box labelled Import-Export:Import:MakeHuman(.mhx).

Click the Save User Preferences button.

Launch the MakeHuman application.

Configure a human figure using the Modelling, Geometries, and Materials tabs.

On the Pose/Animate tab, select a rig for animation if desired.

Under the Files tab, select the Save sub-tab.

Save to a file (in case you need to make changes later). Note that there are two Save buttons: one in the Save As window which merely sets a pathname and another in the main window. The .mhm file isn’t written until you click the second Save button.

Under the Files tab, select the Export sub-tab.

Select Blender exchange (mhx) as the export format.

Export to a file. Again, there’s a Save button in the Save As window which merely sets a pathname. The .mhx file isn’t written until you click the Export button in the main window.

You may now close the MakeHuman application.

Launch the Blender application and delete the initial cube.

From the Info editor’s toolbar, select File  Import  MakeHuman(.mhx).

In the File Browser, select your .mhx file and click the Import MHX button.

After the import completes, you can view and edit the model using a 3D View editor.

From the Info editor’s toolbar, select File  Save As.

Select a pathname in the assets/Models folder of your JME3 project.

Clicking the Save As Blender File button in the File Browser writes the file.

Launch the jMonkeyEngine3 SDK.

Open your JME3 project.

Under the Project Assets node of your project, open the Models folder.

Right-click on your exported file type and select Convert to j3o binary.