by Terry Teddy·Workflow
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EBBAWT earns its place in the Superhive library for turning 'Set parent with automatic weights' into a repeatable step: prepare an armature once, save it, and reuse it across projects rather than redoing weight painting by hand each time.
EBBAWT - Accurate Weight Painting With Armature is a Blender add-on built around character rigging and the 'Set parent with automatic weights' operation. It lets you prepare a special EBBAWT armature that can be saved, modified and used again on another job or to improve a current project, so the same weight painting is produced each time you run 'Set parent with automatic weights'.
Once the armature is prepared, EBBAWT's tools let you retrieve a normal armature along with a mesh object carrying the weight painting. The add-on also ships with additional tools for working with vertex groups.
This release, EBBAWT 1.1, extends compatibility to newer versions of Blender; the earlier EBBAWT 1.0 was compatible up to Blender 4.0. Listed compatibility spans Blender 2.83 through 5.1. The add-on is distributed under the GPL license and includes documentation, and a demo video is available.
Ebbawt - Accurate Weight Painting With Armature is best for blender artists doing character rigging who want to reuse a prepared armature and avoid repeating weight painting after 'Set parent with automatic weights'.
Ebbawt - Accurate Weight Painting With Armature is completely free to download and use.
EBBAWT lists compatibility with Blender versions 2.83 through 5.1. The developer notes that the first release, EBBAWT 1.0, was compatible up to Blender 4.0, while this newer version, EBBAWT 1.1, adds compatibility with newer versions of Blender as well. Because the supported range is wide and versions change, it's worth checking your own installed Blender version against the range shown on the developer's page before you download or install, so you can confirm EBBAWT 1.1 runs on the release you are using.
EBBAWT is listed as free here in the catalog, so you can add it to your Blender setup from this page without a purchase. Pricing, licensing and availability can differ on other stores and may change over time, so for the current terms it's best to check the developer's page directly before you download. That way you can confirm exactly what's included and how the add-on may be used in your own Blender projects.
EBBAWT is distributed under the GPL license. That covers how the add-on can be used, modified and shared once installed in Blender, and it applies alongside whatever access terms you get from the download source. If you plan to modify EBBAWT or redistribute it as part of your own work, review the GPL terms so your usage stays within them. For the exact license text and any accompanying notes, the developer's page is the place to look.
EBBAWT centers on a special armature you prepare once. After you save that EBBAWT armature, it can be modified and reused on another job or to improve a current project, and each time you run 'Set parent with automatic weights' it produces the same weight painting. EBBAWT's tools then let you retrieve a normal armature together with a mesh object that carries the weight painting. The add-on also includes extra tools for working with vertex groups, rounding out the rigging workflow.
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