Smart Content should be populated by installing the cotnent through Daz Central or Install Manager, logging in to your account allows it to have the emtadata for products you own but haven't installed and to offer to isntall them if you open a file that depends on them, but it isn't essential. If Smart Content is empty and you have content installed through one of the Daz installers then there is a more fundamental issue invovled.

If you install with DIM or Central, products will be processed with the metadata. If no categories are set, it goes into Lost and Found by default, and that's the way it is.

The flash (Material(s), Actor, Scene, etc.) is set by the Content Type, also part of the metadata, which must be set to <None> in the editor.

The only way for it to be completely ignored by CMS is to turn it off, then none of the database tools will be available, no metadata will be used (no content type, no compatibilities, no categories -> no Smart Content).

Or, reset the database. Clean slate.

If you are using DIM or DAZ Central (or manual installation) for installing the products, make sure you are not also logging in to DS. Set your startup options in DS preferences as in the attachment.

NorthOf45 said:

I had assumed you wanted to remove the categorization of those assets in the products you had installed.

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You can do it from the Content DB Maintenance utility, where you can chose any number of Products when you choose "Re-import Metadata..." It scans all Products in the Runtime/Support folder and presents you with the full list (which can take a while if you have a lot). Your new Product should show up in that list. Select it and nothing else and accept. This will re-import the metadata file that is in the runtime/support folder, hopefully the way you want it...

I do want to remove the categorization. It keeps defaulting to that "Lost and Found" thing. I want that gone, and I want the yellow icon banners off. I want to open all the files in Content DB Editor and have them all have identical attributes rather than a mismash.

I tried the re-import metadata thing, and it just put a teal "New" border around all the icons. The yellow banners were still on them.

As for re-installing, the product doesn't show up in DIM or DAZ Central.

By re-install, I mean using one of the automated methods of installing content (DIM, DAZ Central or Connect). This also enters the metadata that is supplied with the product, or a default set is generated to at least define the product and its assets for the database. I had assumed you wanted to remove the categorization of those assets in the products you had installed. Seeing as you had metadata at all, it was safe to assume that you were using one of those methods (although Connect will try to re-assert any changes you make to any file, if I understand it correctly). Other files you created require a little extra work. When you save them, some metadata is created.

In general, the metadata files are read and the data is squirreled away in the CMS database, where it lives on, but the metadata file is then ignored until some action looks for it. Uninstalling a product removes the content, but does not delete the records in the database (until told to by a Condense Database command, I believe), or if you delete the Product from the Product view in the Content Library. Re-installing the Product using, say, DIM, will put the contents back, including the metadata file it contains, and load that metadata back into the CMS database. If you do not export the metadata you modified and put it in the archive, your changes will be lost. Note that this is for Products with an installer, which does not cover your created files. (more on that later)

You can save a copy of the new exported metadata file somewhere else and copy it back into the runtime/support folder if you re-install an older version. In that case, overwrite the one in the runtime/support folder with the new one you put aside. You can re-import the metadata (again, with DIM as the example) with a right-click on the Installed product and selecting that option from the context pop-up. That will force the new data into the CMS database, hopefully replacing all of what it had for that Product. (That is where deleting the Product can help clear it out if it persists).

Since the Product you created does not have an installer that DIM can see, you can't re-import the metadata that way. You can do it from the Content DB Maintenance utility, where you can chose any number of Products when you choose "Re-import Metadata..." It scans all Products in the Runtime/Support folder and presents you with the full list (which can take a while if you have a lot). Your new Product should show up in that list. Select it and nothing else and accept. This will re-import the metadata file that is in the runtime/support folder, hopefully the way you want it...

How are you installing your content?

The grayed out thumbnails are already telling us, that you are logging in to DS - Do you do that because you install your content solely with DAZ Connect inside DS?

If you are using DAZ Install Manager (DIM), DAZ Central or manual installation, there is no reason to log in to DS and not logging in would save you from problems like this.

Yours is correct. Material presets were using .pz2 poses for a long time, so that is where they are usually located, and that is where the foot poses would be also. Sometimes they might be in separate folders or subfolders. The Figures load the geometry. You have everything you need. Load the shoes from the Figures folder, and apply the pose to V4 for the appropriate shoes from the Pose folder, as I listed above. It doesn't change the shape of the shoe, it sets the foot position of V4. The fit is a function of the geometry and how well it conforms to V4. Yes, mine have the "Pose" flash (and the materials have the "Material(s)" flash), which comes from the metadata if you install with one of the automated methods (DIM, DAZ Central, or Connect).

von Hobo said:

If it's this easy, why hasn't DAZ done this so that we can use the 8 expressions on 8.1 more easily?

To be honest, that's the only reason I have not upgraded to any 8.1 figures yet. I have a lot of expression assets.

Sure would have been nice if they had made this possible. Seems like an easy enough thing to do.

8.1 expressions and skins not being "backward" compatible is understandable, but the expressions would have been nice.

Look it up on google with keywords like daz 3d g8.1 expressions on g8 daz central cloud...there's a thread somewhere in the commons about this that mentions you have to take certain files out of a folder to make the expressions work as well as the power pose. The issue is that there's a cloud folder from Daz Central that you have to take the same files out of on top of the other location and then it'll work perfectly. I sat down one night and spent like three hours scouring the forums to figure this out. It was easy to find the information on what files to take out, but the trick is taking out the files in the cloud folder and I can't remember what they were or where they're located. That was what really held me up was that whole folder. But if you search through everything, someone has the answer here with steps! 

apollogt_6d527113c1 said:

still no face transfer for Mac.

If there is I am sure it will be announced

Plus, i tried to install the latest Daz Central on my new macbook pro laptop and it won't let me even log in. just sat there twirling...

Daz Central does seem to have issues - Install Manager, however, is reported to be working.

still no face transfer for Mac.

Plus, i tried to install the latest Daz Central on my new macbook pro laptop and it won't let me even log in. just sat there twirling...

once everything is uninstalled don't log in again and only use DIM. The only purpose I can think of for logging in is Daz Central or Central. I get the 2 confused and can never rememebr the one thats being use. I say it backwards almost every time.

I didnt know what that is, where do I find that, I just click the icon in content library, thanks

i have installed most of the pacs first through daz central hen tried again through IM

The first thing that comes to mind, is when the user is installing content with DAZ Install Manager/DAZ Central/Manually but also logging in/signing in to DS, letting DAZ Connect inside DS to update metadata and check which products are not installed with DAZ Connect, and by mistake also letting DAZ connect 'update' some of the products.

If that's the case, there is no 'fix' as the program is doing what the user is telling it to do.

Not the first time and not the last time someone falls into this trap.

1. If you do want to install your content within DS using DAZ Connect, there is no point in using any of the other installation methods as any DAZ Connect installed content is installed into an other location and DAZ Connect installed content will override any content installed by the other methods.

2. If you do install your content with DAZ Install Manager/DAZ Central/Manually, do not log in to DS - EVER.

https://www.daz3d.com/mf-content-bookmarks

I tried to uninstall bookmarks but it cannot be found in neither daz Central or IM

V M4 shapes ++ 

V M4 elite faces  

Aged forV  M4

M4 creature morphs

they were all instaleld through daz central then i uninstalled through IM and reinstalled again thropugh IM 

Where do I find the Poser files, were they installed but in the worng place, there is nothing in IM aside to be found saying poser files, but if they can be located where should they be installed?

I have plenty of room on my PC, but any time I try to install Daz Studio or any assets above 150mb or so, it'll go about maybe halfway down the progress bar, then start going backwards before stopping and the install button reappears... Nothing online showing how to fix this other than dozens of other people saying "same" or "yup, me too" or whatever. Only solution I've seen is to simply close, reopen Daz Central, and try to download again. Only thing that's done is maybe get me 1% further before the same thing happens: progress bar starts going backwards 10% or more, then it stops and asks me to install again. Would really love to try this software out if I could ever get it to download...

Edit: after a couple hour of trying over and over again, I finally got it to install. Using the studios themselves to install the rest of the content because central has some issues... Still struggling to install one or two assets (gets halfway before becoming stuck on "Obtaining data from Daz Connect"), but most others have now finally installed and I'm actually able to do something. Still incredibly annoying and frustrating, so probably won't be buying anything with how unreliable it is to just download it...

Thanks to all for the helpful posts.

It now seems to be working just fine.

In case it helps anyone else, I started by setting the directory in Central, then checked that DIM had picked up the same one.

IceCrMn - I do a lot of 4K animations, so I have plenty of hard disk space, and a daily batch file that copies my working folders foir all graphics software, (I mainly us Lightwave), over to my NAS with raid  protection.

And like you, poeriodically make copies over to a 6Tb USB drive which I then disconnect.

Nick

birdhuntertribe - Bryce will not delivered on a CD/DVD by mail, only by download. Make sure you do NOT use DIM or Daz Central but the ZIP. Have a look at this PDF to help you install Bryce:

https://horo.ch/docs/mine/pdf/BryceContent_v4.pdf

Hello everyone
                     Ive been using Bryce 5 for several years and having big fun, but recently decided it was time to check out Bryce 7.  When I ordered and paid for Bryce 7 Pro was offered Daz/Daz central and Hexagon for free.  Hexagon seems to promise a lota fun soon as I learn more about it.  

My question is, How will Bryce 7 be delivered if it is not a download?  The order confirmation email I got didnt include delivery tracking information.  They did take my delivery address so I assume B7 Pro will arrive as a cd in my (locked) mailbox.  My concern is I hope the package will not be dropped off in front of my apartment door without me being notified in some way.  For sure there is a package thief or thieves in my building.  Ive had things stolen from in front of my door and so have several neighbers.  

I don't have any problems either and I have everything going to an external except the app itself. That is why I said to use DIM because it is highly customizable and very easy to use once you get familiar with where things are at. Central seems to be causing more and more problems. IDK if it's user error or what but we see a lot about it daily.