Assets don' t show up
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I wanted to import cloths I make with 3D Studio as obj files.
I import the file into DAZ - works fine and fits the actor (Genesis base male)
Now I try to go to "Assets" - right click on Scene, the menu shows up, left click on Assets, and, well, nothing happens.
I tried it with highlighting the actor, the cloth and nothing.
I have DAZ 4.5 standard installed.
So what's wrong?
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I'm not following the steps you are taking -could you give some more detailed steps? Have you rigged the clothes, or are you still looking at static geometry?
I have only imported the clothes from an obj file, so they are static geometry.
I'll try to give a more detailed record:
I exported the figure (Genesis male) out of DZA as an obj file
I loaded this obj file into 3D Studio max 9 and modelled a simple T-shirt like garment around it for testing puposes.
I exported this mesh (only the garment, not the figure) out of 3D Studio as an obj file at scale 0.1.
I imported the new obj file (the garment) into DZA. It imediately fitted to the genesis male figure.
Now I wanted to rig it. As described in the manual, I highlighted the garment, then right-clicked on the "Scene" label, opening the contxt menu. In this menu, there was the header "Assets". I left clicked on this, but nothing happened. No submenu, no effect.
I reloaded the scene, again imported the garment object, this time I highlighted the Genesis figure and tried again. Again, clicking on "Assets" had no effect.
I gave it another try, this time I didn' highlight anything, again, clicking "Assets" didn't work.
You need to use the Transfer Utility to rig the clothing to Genesis.
Here's a link to the info page.
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/action/index/dztransferutilityaction/start
The Tranfer utility was what I wanted to access when trying to click on "Assets".
The manual (see you link) says:
The last option was the one I tried, as described above. I can open the Scene:Option Menu, and the Assets command is shown, but it doesn't work.
When Going to the Edit > Object or Edit > Figure menus, there is no "Transfer" command, but only again the "Assets" command. When I click on this, I am told to load the "Assets" from the original import file, wich doesn't work.
Just go to Edit/Figure/Transfer Utility and then fill in the details.
The Scene pane options menu>Assets does have the Transfer utility for me - it sounds as if your layout may be missing soem elements, if you are using one of the defaults go to Window>Workspace>Select Layout to reapply it.
I even made a screen capture movie - perhaps this can help someone to find what's wrong (sorry, has turned out as a rather big file).
I even made a screen capture movie - perhaps this can help someone to find what's wrong (sorry, has turned out as a rather big file).
You might want to upload the video to youtube. People will use links from YouTube, but may be wary of downloading a zip or rar file.
Sorry, didn't think of Youtube, because it doesn't work here at work, where I do most of this.
I had to compress the file with rar, as the original film has over 9 GB.
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OK, started upload. Youtube says it will take another 713 minutes. In which time it will probably hang up...
If you mean that literally then you presumably haven't entered the Pro serial number from your account. The rigging tools require DS 4 Pro rather than standard - the free serial number will activate the pro features.
If you mean that literally then you presumably haven't entered the Pro serial number from your account. The rigging tools require DS 4 Pro rather than standard - the free serial number will activate the pro features.
That solved it!
To think how much time I spent trying to figure this out!
Thanks a lot!
I'm sorry it took so long, I hadn't spotted it and had to have it pointed out to me.