https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=4057&p=45680#p45680
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Nik
Sunday, 28 November 2021, 01:10 AM

Re: DAZ Studio Props To Poser-friendly OBJ+MTL
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I'm sorry DAZ figures since V4 series do not 'work' in Poser without a near-complete re-rig, likewise their outfits. My limit seems to be rigging the rudimentary 'Box Man', and even that sometimes fails for reasons I don't understand...'

As with XPS, SFM and PMX, the DAZ Studio (DS) 'world' is a useful source of props. The trick is getting their 'mesh' from 'native' format to OBJ, then matching them to their textures for MTL.

I have exported several [b][i]amusing [/i][/b] DS outfits to OBJ+MTL, 'hung' them as props. 'Every-day' items are very useful, while furniture, vehicles and rooms fill out scenes.

From time to time, I've managed to load DAZ files into DS and export them. Too often, it became an exercise in screaming frustration, spawned a prompt migraine. I much preferred the stand-alone ($$) DSF Tools. Down-side was that only converted [i]mesh[/i], did not 'do the biz' for textures.

When there are only a few materials, supplied with [b][i]usefully [/i][/b]named textures, okay. I can pair them in ($$) 3DOC or directly in Poser's 'Material Room'. Gets harder if more than a few textures, especially when too many do not seem to match. And how do you translate procedural equivalent of Poser's MC5 / MC6 ?   :mmmh:  :mmmh:  :mmmh: 

With the death of ($$) DSF Tools' author, and the package now unsupported, I felt I should figure how to use DS' own export tools.

It's not the best work-flow, but it will reliably 'rip' hi-poly models, and [i]should [/i]be able to handle complex 'Environments', that DS' equivalent of a PZ3 which loads multiple items...

They're on my growing 'To-Do' list of fun things to investigate after kitchen woes resolved. Speaking of which, the wood-glue in 'main' and 'shutter' parts of thru-wall waste pipe's 'shield' still has not set. I've checked date, glue is only 6 months old, manufactured April 2021. Perhaps just cold, so I've snuggled them atop the central heating unit...