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How do I Save Geometry Editor Surface as a Visibility Preset?

dracorndracorn Posts: 2,353
edited October 2017 in The Commons

I used Geometry Editor to solve the problem of fitting G1, G2, G3 shoes to G8F.  I want to do this for specific lengths along the leg to accommodate the various shoes I own.

I want to be able to apply this to any G8F figure like a visibility preset.  How do I do this?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,986

    Geometry Visibility cannot be saved as a preset, and does not persist between sessions. What I would do is, with the boots loaded and fitted and the unwanted areas selected, right-click Geometry Assignment>Set Auto-Hide Faces for Atachment, then select the boots, and finally save the boots as an asset.

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited October 2017

    I've been wondering the same thing. I noticed a promising menu item for the Geometry Editor, but have been in the middle of a project. I just went and checked it out, and it is what you and I both have been looking for! Here you go:

    With your figure selected, use the Geometry Editor to select the faces you want to hide.

    Right-click in the scene. In the resulting drop-down menu, scroll down to and select "Geometry Assignment". Then scroll all the way down to and select "Set Auto-Hide Faces for Attachment…" A dialog will open allowing you to select the object that will auto-hide the faces when loaded. (Be sure to select the toenails, too. I didn't when I was testing this. Oops.) Save. (File->Save as->Support Asset->Figure/Prop  Assets…)

    ETA: I see Richard beat me to the answer. lol

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  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970
    edited October 2017
    L'Adair said:

    I've been wondering the same thing. I noticed a promising menu item for the Geometry Editor, but have been in the middle of a project. I just went and checked it out, and it is what you and I both have been looking for! Here you go:

    With your figure selected, use the Geometry Editor to select the faces you want to hide.

    Right-click in the scene. In the resulting drop-down menu, scroll down to and select "Geometry Assignment". Then scroll all the way down to and select "Set Auto-Hide Faces for Attachment…" A dialog will open allowing you to select the object that will auto-hide the faces when loaded. (Be sure to select the toenails, too. I didn't when I was testing this. Oops.) Save. (File->Save as->Support Asset->Figure/Prop  Assets…)

    ETA: I see Richard beat me to the answer. lol

    Yeah, there seems to be a new and "exciting" glitch with the forum - many people's posts aren't showing up for me until MUCH later. Even if I refresh the page before posting to make sure no one else has posted anything new, it will show no additional posts. But when I go back to the thread later I'll see there have been several posts that just appeared before mine. Posts just showing up quite a bit later ...It's frustrating and it's been getting worse over the past couple of days. 

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  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,353

    WOW, that works Great!  I'm going to do that for every shoe I can!

    Thanks Richard Haseltine and L'Adair!

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,970
    edited October 2017
    dracorn said:

    WOW, that works Great!  I'm going to do that for every shoe I can!

    Thanks Richard Haseltine and L'Adair!

    hahah Sounds like a great fix! I'm glad you found a solution. I'm going to use this solution too - I have too many cute shoes going unused because they don't fit properly to the newer figures. lol :) Thanks, Richard and L'Adair! :)

    Thanks, dracorn, for starting these two threads! I'm happy to have learned how to use those ill-fitting boots with the new characters! :) It will definitely expand my character's shoe wardrobe! laugh

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  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited October 2017
    Divamakeup said:
    L'Adair said:
    ETA: I see Richard beat me to the answer. lol

    Yeah, there seems to be a new and "exciting" glitch with the forum - many people's posts aren't showing up for me until MUCH later.

    Well, in this case, it was all me. I was on another computer testing out my "theory" that I'd found the solution. By the time I posted it was, according to the timestamps, 8 minutes after Richard. I left my post because Richard's post told us what to do, but my post told us how to do it.

    Divamakeup said:

    I'm happy to have learned how to use those ill-fitting boots with the new characters! :) It will definitely expand my character's shoe wardrobe!

    I hadn't thought of using it that way. I was just looking to hide the feet on a few G3 shoes that used this feature that I'd converted to G8. Now I'll have to see if I can make G2 and earlier footwear work by hiding the feet! lol

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  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,353
    edited October 2017
    Divamakeup said:
    dracorn said:

    WOW, that works Great!  I'm going to do that for every shoe I can!

    Thanks Richard Haseltine and L'Adair!

    hahah Sounds like a great fix! I'm glad you found a solution. I'm going to use this solution too - I have too many cute shoes going unused because they don't fit properly to the newer figures. lol :) Thanks, Richard and L'Adair! :)

    Thanks, dracorn, for starting these two threads! I'm happy to have learned how to use those ill-fitting boots with the new characters! :) It will definitely expand my character's shoe wardrobe! laugh

    You are welcome!  I am busy creating a tutorial right now.  I happen to like my icons looking pretty. 

    Too bad it won't work for any shoe that has the feet showing, like pumps.  Oh, well.  At least I can use my boots and close-toed shoes.

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  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,353

    I completed the tutorial.  You can also find the link in my signature under "Fitting Old Shoes to Genesis 8."

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2952096/#Comment_2952096

  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,450

    Very useful feature!

    Someone knows if there`s a way to make the polygons visible again while the item is still atached?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,986
    Hellboy said:

    Very useful feature!

    Someone knows if there`s a way to make the polygons visible again while the item is still atached?

    There isn't a way to completely remove the effect (without hacking the files), unless it's a very recent addition - the nearest solution is to select just one polygon to sacrifice to the AutoHide group. Note that you would have to unfit the item and refit it to see the change (that threw me the first time I tried).

  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,450
    edited October 2017

    Thank you!

    Sadly I was hoping there was an easier way to revert the effect in case the user wanted the polygons visible for some reason. But it is still a good feature :)

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  • Immersive-DreamWorldImmersive-DreamWorld Posts: 509

    Hey there,

    I am reopening this thread smiley  Is there now a way to remove the effect?

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