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Can I copy and paste the entire material to another body?

raphaelmartinesraphaelmartines Posts: 59
edited October 2018 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Same figure, same bodyshape same character. I just want to copy the material to another duplicated figure. That's all. 

Is there any way to do that?

Thank you!

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,240

    That is what a Materials preset is for.

  • RanzzleeRanzzlee Posts: 47

    Yes it is materials preset. If you have the materials preset for the first character, just go to the materials setting for that figure in your Daz content library. Hopefully you already have this pane set up in your view, if not add it. When this comes up, you will see at the bottom left corner a "+" symbol. From the list that pops up select materials preset, give it a name, and save. Now select your second character and double click on your newly created materials preset and watch as it is applied to that character. And you're done!

  • raphaelmartinesraphaelmartines Posts: 59
    Ranzzlee said:

    Yes it is materials preset. If you have the materials preset for the first character, just go to the materials setting for that figure in your Daz content library. Hopefully you already have this pane set up in your view, if not add it. When this comes up, you will see at the bottom left corner a "+" symbol. From the list that pops up select materials preset, give it a name, and save. Now select your second character and double click on your newly created materials preset and watch as it is applied to that character. And you're done!

    Thaaaaank you. Very accurate information.

  • chris-2599934chris-2599934 Posts: 1,917

    Alternatively...

    Select the figure you're copying from, go to the Surfaces tab and make sure all surfaces are selected. Click Edit > Copy > Copy Selected Surface(s) in the menu.

    Then select the figure you're copying to, again ensuring all surfaces are selected in the Surfaces tab. Click Edit > Paste > Paste to Selected Surface(s) in the menu.

  • raphaelmartinesraphaelmartines Posts: 59
    chris-2599934 said:

    Select the figure you're copying from, go to the Surfaces tab and make sure all surfaces are selected. Click Edit > Copy > Copy Selected Surface(s) in the menu.

    Then select the figure you're copying to, again ensuring all surfaces are selected in the Surfaces tab. Click Edit > Paste > Paste to Selected Surface(s) in the menu.

    Thank you very much!

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    Pasting will transfer only settings it will not change the shader.

  • Trake118Trake118 Posts: 84

    jestmart said:

    Pasting will transfer only settings it will not change the shader.

    This is correct.  As far as I'm aware, there is no way to do what you want to do.  It is the biggest problem I have with Daz Studio.  If anyone knows a way to actually copy and paste a shader, I'd love to know.

  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 9,709

    Trake118 said:

    jestmart said:

    Pasting will transfer only settings it will not change the shader.

    This is correct.  As far as I'm aware, there is no way to do what you want to do.  It is the biggest problem I have with Daz Studio.  If anyone knows a way to actually copy and paste a shader, I'd love to know.

    If the target surface(s) has a different Shader, the standard function:Copy / Paste selected surfaces will never correctly work ~~ 

    Apply the same Shader beforehand to the target surfaces... or write Daz Scripts to combine the actions of applying Shader + Copy / Paste selected surfaces. There seems no better way, AFAIK ...

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