# Breaking the Avatar
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As a standard Roblox Character requires many parts we will need to break the model up into segments like the upper arms/legs, lower arms/legs etc.
Blender will keep the rigging information on the vertices even after you split up the assets.
Break up the Duplicate and name accordingly...
* Duplicate the character. We can use the original asset to help make our split avatar asset normals more unified.
Required Assets...
* Break up the duplicate character into the respective parts by :
* Select the target polygons.
* Right Click > Separate > Selection.
* Name them (in white below) :
* Head (including Neck)
* *Head\_Geo*
* *LeftEye\_Geo*
* *RightEye\_Geo*
* *Tongue\_Geo*
* *UpperTeeth\_Geo*
* *LowerTeeth\_Geo*
* Torso (including Pelvis)
* *UpperTorso\_Geo*
* *LowerTorso\_Geo*
* Upper Arms
* *LeftUpperArm\_Geo*
* *RightUpperArm\_Geo*
* Lower Arms
* *LeftLowerArm\_Geo*
* *RightLowerArm\_Geo*
* Hands
* *LeftHand\_Geo*
* *RightHand\_Geo*
* Upper Legs
* *LeftUpperLeg\_Geo*
* *RightUpperLeg\_Geo*
* Lower Legs
* *LeftLowerLeg\_Geo*
* *RightLowerLeg\_Geo*
* Feet
* *LeftFoot\_Geo*
* *RightFoot\_Geo*
Cap ends of all assets...
* Cap the parts so they are all closed assets. This includes things like the eyes if you have removed half the sphere to reduce polycount.
* Select the edges of the hole.
* Use the 'F' Key to create a Face from Vertices.
* Right Click > Mark Sharp if you want the edge to be sharp.
## Refining the results
Refining the Normals...
* If you want the assets to look like they blend together rather than have an edge as they are different meshes there are different approaches to do so :
Data Transfer Modifier...
* Use the 'Data Transfer' modifier to copy data from your original asset onto your split model assets, or...
* In Edit Mode on the mesh, use 'Mesh/Normals/Copy Vector' and 'Mesh/Normals/Paste Vector' to copy the normal from one vertex to another.
* Make sure to Apply the Transform (Ctrl + A in Object Mode in Blender) to all meshes before export so that :
* Location is 0,0,0.
* Rotation is 0,0,0.
* Scale is 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
