# retarget_bvh (8501d53f) writes rotation keys for mapped bones and location keys only for the parentless (hip) bone, so bone translations other than the root are not retargeted; the add-on manifest declares GPL-2.0-or-later and Blender 4.2.0 minimum (the wiki says 3.0+, a version-statement...

- id: art_01M5NGWQA8DWCQ63TCGJWP6NZX
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T07, T15 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T23:17:45.923Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5NGWQA8DWCQ63TCGJWP6NZX

retarget_bvh (8501d53f) writes rotation keys for mapped bones and location keys only for the parentless (hip) bone, so bone translations other than the root are not retargeted; the add-on manifest declares GPL-2.0-or-later and Blender 4.2.0 minimum (the wiki says 3.0+, a version-statement conflict per producer).

retarget_bvh (8501d53f) writes rotation keys for mapped bones and location keys only for the parentless (hip) bone, so bone translations other than the root are not retargeted; the add-on manifest declares GPL-2.0-or-later and Blender 4.2.0 minimum (the wiki says 3.0+, a version-statement conflict per producer).

Curator qualifications: T-pose correction method, known-rig mapping files, thigh/shin scale ratio, foot-contact tools and BacteriaJun contrast (F1-F4, F6) not reinspected. Static reading only; no BVH parsed, no retarget run, no mocap data downloaded.

Limitations: Static reading only; no BVH parsed, no retarget run, no mocap data downloaded.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Diffeomorphic/retarget_bvh",
      "note": "retarget.py lines 258-262 at 8501d53f; blender_manifest.toml lines 11-14"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] retarget_bvh (8501d53f) writes rotation keys for mapped bones and location keys only for the parentless (hip) bone, so bone translations other than the root are not retargeted; the add-on manifest declares GPL-2.0-or-later and Blender 4.2.0 minimum (the wiki says 3.0+, a version-statement conflict per producer). · locator: retarget.py lines 258-262 at 8501d53f; blender_manifest.toml lines 11-14 · source: https://github.com/Diffeomorphic/retarget_bvh

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