The usual way to import a rig from another file to current scene is:
- Link in the rig's group,
- Create proxy for the armature object in it,
- Append the script accompanying the rig,
- Open Text Editor space,
- Open and execute the script, so the rig's UI show up,
- And finally, with the proxy active, change to Pose Mode.
May not look like much, but it's so tedious! So I create this Blender addon to automate most of the steps above. Go to Properties area > Scene tab > Import Rig section, execute Import Rig, link in the group, and the rig's ready to pose.
Only scripts whose name prefixed with rig will be imported. User will be notified if a script fails to run.
This addon also works for rigs without a script, or groups without any rig, in which case it's just plain link+instancing.