Diffeo and Instance Groups

brainmuffin

I'm using the preloads in Scifi Ship Building Blocks (https://www.daz3d.com/scifi-ship-building-blocks) and Diffeo to convert to Blender. The Preloads use Instance Groups for some of the portions. Diffeo doesn't convert all the portions when loaded in Blender. The first member of the group is there, but not the rest. How should I prepare the model in Studio for a better conversion?

Ascania

You will probably need the Instances to Objects add-on without the ability to import actual instances.

brainmuffin

Ascania said:

You will probably need the Instances to Objects add-on without the ability to import actual instances.

Is that a Studio or a Blender add on?

Lissa_xyz

https://www.daz3d.com/instances-to-objects

brainmuffin

yep, thanks.

TheMysteryIsThePoint

But one thing I didn't like is that it seemed as if Diffeo sees objects with the same name, it makes them into instances in Blender. That's not necessarily desirable.

brainmuffin

TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

But one thing I didn't like is that it seemed as if Diffeo sees objects with the same name, it makes them into instances in Blender. That's not necessarily desirable.

Ok, I'll have to keep that in mind. I may rename objects before I transfer. Thanks.

brainmuffin

I bought the Studio Add on and tried it out today on the Cargo ship. Converted without errors to Blender via Diffeo. Now to figure out if the Preload uses 3Delight or Iray in Studio. I'll post some test renders soon.

Raitan2008

brainmuffin said:

I'm using the preloads in Scifi Ship Building Blocks (https://www.daz3d.com/scifi-ship-building-blocks) and Diffeo to convert to Blender. The Preloads use Instance Groups for some of the portions. Diffeo doesn't convert all the portions when loaded in Blender. The first member of the group is there, but not the rest. How should I prepare the model in Studio for a better conversion?

I just duplicate the instances in blender...it's not so bad if the geometry isn't too high in number.

brainmuffin

Raitan2008 said:

brainmuffin said:

I'm using the preloads in Scifi Ship Building Blocks (https://www.daz3d.com/scifi-ship-building-blocks) and Diffeo to convert to Blender. The Preloads use Instance Groups for some of the portions. Diffeo doesn't convert all the portions when loaded in Blender. The first member of the group is there, but not the rest. How should I prepare the model in Studio for a better conversion?

I just duplicate the instances in blender...it's not so bad if the geometry isn't too high in number.

My problem is items not appearing on the Blender side.

Padone

@brainmuffin

There is some instancing support in diffeo. That is, most instanced objects should convert to actual blender instances, this saves memory for large scenes. I know instances work better with the unmorphed options so you may try them to import scenes. Also be sure to have instances checked in the global options.

Then to report issues to Thomas it may be better to use the diffeo repository.

https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/issues/57/instances-issue

https://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/p/import-into-blender-version-15b_20.html

brainmuffin

Some quick renders. Blender shader node generated background "nebula" with a single sun giving some light. Cycles render.