by TinkerBoi·Workflow
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Bonera earns its spot in the superhive library by framing itself narrowly: not a full rig generator, but a set of small operators for the fiddly, repetitive parts of manual rigging.
Bonera positions itself as the wrench and screwdrivers of the rigging process rather than a full rigging system. Built by TinkerBoi, it packs a range of repetitive rigging operators, some of which are otherwise solved with simple Python scripts, into a single Blender addon.
The toolkit covers a broad set of setups. Generate Stretch Chain builds stretchy bone chains in a few clicks, Generate Eyelid handles an eyelid setup in one click, and Generate Twist Bone offers a quick twist bone setup for the forearm to prevent the candy wrap effect. Add / Apply Bone Shape applies premade widgets to bones and supports your own added shapes, Generate IK sets up IK controller and pole bones with the constraint, and Create Bone from Selected makes bones from selected vertices, edges, faces or curve points across several modes.
Bonera is split into four sections you can turn on or off in the preferences: the Bonera Toolkit (reachable via panel or the Ctrl-Shift-A menu), Pair List Renamer for renaming bones, vertex groups and shapekeys, and the Bone UI Slider Generator. Documentation and a Discord channel are available, and CG Dive has published an overview.
Bonera - Manual Rigging Toolkit is best for blender riggers who want quick, specific operators for repetitive manual rigging tasks — stretch chains, twist bones, eyelids, IK setup, and rigging hardsurface or curve-based objects.
Bonera - Manual Rigging Toolkit is completely free to download and use.
Bonera is not a full rigging system. TinkerBoi describes it as the wrench and screwdrivers of the rigging process — a toolkit of individual operators for repetitive tasks, some of which are otherwise solved with simple Python scripts. It includes setups such as Generate Stretch Chain, Generate Eyelid, Generate Twist Bone, Generate IK, and Create Bone from Selected, so you reach for the pieces you need rather than running one automated rig builder. If you have a weirdly specific rigging task to speed up, that is what it targets.
Bonera's main operators live in the Bonera Toolkit section, which you can reach from its panel or by opening a menu with the Ctrl-Shift-A shortcut. The addon is divided into four sections, including the Bonera Toolkit, the Pair List Renamer, and the Bone UI Slider Generator, and you can turn each panel on or off in the preferences if you are not using it or find it distracting. That keeps only the parts you work with visible in the interface.
Bonera's Pair List Renamer renames one list of names to another paired list, and it works on bone names, vertex groups, and shapekeys. It is aimed at cases where you have two naming conventions and want to match-rename across multiple files. Alongside it, the Bone UI Slider Generator takes a list of names and creates a set of blank slider bones from them. Both sit in their own sections of the addon, separate from the main Bonera Toolkit operators.
Bonera is listed here as free. For current licensing, download details, and any terms, check the developer's page from TinkerBoi. The addon also has documentation covering its features, a Discord channel for suggesting improvements or reporting problems, and an overview published by CG Dive. TinkerBoi notes that more tools may be added if there are relevant requests, so it is worth following the developer's page for updates to the toolkit.
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