Installation & Updates¶

These single-bone rig types are used to generate features than can tedious to repeat multiple time throughout the metarig. They must be applied separately to every bone even within a connected chain, and can have connected children controlled by a different rig type. This is unlike chain-based rig types that usually consume the whole connected chain.

Requirements¶

This addon requires Blender 4.3.0 or later. Earlier versions of Blender will not work because the addon uses features that were introduced after Blender 4.3.0.

Purchase and Download¶

Where to purchase the addon or to retreive the latest updates:

Purchase on Superhive (formerly Blender Market):

- Check your emails, Superhive should have sent you an email containing the links to download the files.

- Log in to your account and go to the orders page: https://blendermarket.com/account/orders
Purchase on Gumroad:

- Log in to your Gumroat account: https://gumroad.com/

- When updating, go to your Library page, click on the name of the product, and download files: https://app.gumroad.com/library

Installation¶

Download the zipped code here from Github. (Check in the release tab for the latest stable release)
In Blender, open Edit -> Preferences -> Addons -> Enable Rigify (if it’s not already done).
Click on the addons settings dropdown and use Install from Disk.
Navigate to where you saved the zip file and click validate `Install from Disk`.
Once activated, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Addons and search `Pinerig` and enable it.
Be sure to install the feature set by clicking on the `Install Featureset` button.
If the Pinerig UI appears in the N-panel and in the rigify rig type data property, you are all set!

Update¶

The addon currently has no support for extension updates, therefore in order to update the addon, perform the following steps:

Be sure to backup your project, so you can go back in case things don’t work out as intended.
Check the changelogs for any breaking changes that might impact your project and any special update instructions.
Download the version you want to install.
Uninstall the Rigify feature set and the addon in Blender (through Edit -> Preferences -> Addons).
Go into the folder where you installed the previous version and delete it. Put the new zip in it’s place.
Re-do the installation from step 2 onwards.