From Studio to MD and back again - A quick video tutorial

Melissa Conway

Quick step by step on how to export a figure from DAZ Studio, import it into Marvelous Designer, export/import a pose, and then bring the draped garment back into Studio. Hope this helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlwHe1rDsMg

Melissa Conway

For those who prefer a written version: 

• Open DAZ Studio and load a figure
• In the Scene tab, select the figure
• Export the figure in A-pose: click on File, Export, choose your folder, name the .obj file, and click Save. In the Object Export Options box, under Convert from DAZ Studio, choose Custom. Scale should be 100%. Click Show Individual Settings and check the boxes for Ignore Invisible Nodes, Write Normals, and Write Object Statements. Click Accept
• Pose the figure in Studio, and then export the pose in the same manner as above. Save as a .duf file without moving the figure from its current position.

• Open Marvelous Designer
• Click File, Import, OBJ. Navigate to the folder where you saved the A-pose, exported DAZ figure and open
• In the Import OBJ dialog box: under Load Type, choose Open; under Object Type, choose Load as Avatar with the box checked for Automatically Add Arrangement Points. Under Scale, choose cm (DAZ Studio). Click OK
• Create clothing or load a previously saved garment (File, Add, Garment).
• To import the pose, click File, Import, OBJ. Navigate to the folder where you saved the exported DAZ posed figure and open
• In the Import OBJ dialog box: under Load Type, choose Open; under Object Type, choose Load as Morph Target. Click OK
• Once garment is draped to your satisfaction, click File, Export, OBJ and name the garment. In the Export OBJ dialog box, under Object, check the box next to Select All Patterns, deselect the box for Select All Avatars, choose Single Object, Weld, and Thin. Check the box next to Unified UV Coordinates and Unified Texture. Under Scale, choose cm (DAZ Studio). Click OK.
• In DAZ Studio, with the saved .duf file open, click File, Import, navigate to the folder where you saved the exported MD garment, and open it. In the OBJ Import Options dialog box, under Convert from DAZ Studio, choose Custom. Scale should be 100%. Check the boxes for Read UV Coordinates, Read Surfaces, and Read Material Library. Click Accept.
• The garment will be imported directly on top of your figure. In the Scene tab, drag the garment to the figure to parent it.

lasagnaman

hi melissa ty so much 

will this also work with layer clones in marvelous designer cause it puts alot of detail in md and i would like the same detail for daz studio  to have it 

with the stitching and the piping buttons and zippers  ty so much 

 

 

lasagnaman

oh another thing whar if i wanted to animate her with nother character like giving him a piggyback ride 

with the clothing from md react to the animation in daz studio and not get ll deformed or messed up thanks melissa 

 

 

Melissa Conway

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "layer clones," but the details of your MD garment should export fine. If you use the MD fabrics, you can export them, too, but I prefer to use Studio iray shaders.  

lasagnaman said:

hi melissa ty so much 

will this also work with layer clones in marvelous designer cause it puts alot of detail in md and i would like the same detail for daz studio  to have it 

with the stitching and the piping buttons and zippers  ty so much 

 

 

 

Melissa Conway

I don't know if you can drape a garment on more than one avatar, but I do know you can import a prop into MD, for instance a chair. To do that, you would export the chair as an .obj, but use "add" as the Load Type in MD. You can then move the chair into place under the avatar after importing a "sit" pose so the garment drapes over the chair.

lasagnaman said:

oh another thing whar if i wanted to animate her with nother character like giving him a piggyback ride 

with the clothing from md react to the animation in daz studio and not get ll deformed or messed up thanks melissa