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What does Unity require for a humanoid Avatar so animation can be shared between models, and what does the manual say happens when the mapping or pose is wrong?

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Unity Humanoid retargeting needs a model with at least 15 bones loosely matching a human skeleton, mapped to a Humanoid Avatar in a T-pose; a successful map only means required bones matched, and recovery uses Clear/Sample Bind-pose/Automap/Enforce T-Pose.

Unity Humanoid retargeting needs a model with at least 15 bones loosely matching a human skeleton, mapped to a Humanoid Avatar in a T-pose; a successful map only means required bones matched, and recovery uses Clear/Sample Bind-pose/Automap/Enforce T-Pose. Curator qualifications: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no rigs retargeted. Muscle/Translate DoF details from producer reading. Limitations: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no rigs retargeted. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ConfiguringtheAvatar.html",
      "note": "Unity Manual: Importing a model with humanoid animations (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-Avatar.html",
      "note": "Unity Manual: Importing a model with humanoid animations (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/MuscleDefinitions.html",
      "note": "Unity Manual: Importing a model with humanoid animations (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Retargeting.html",
      "note": "Unity Manual: Importing a model with humanoid animations (live)"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] Unity Humanoid retargeting needs a model with at least 15 bones loosely matching a human skeleton, mapped to a Humanoid Avatar in a T-pose; a successful map only means required bones matched, and recovery uses Clear/Sample Bind-pose/Automap/Enforce T-Pose. · locator: Unity Manual: Importing a model with humanoid animations (live) source

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