Central is the simplified version of DIM.  Connect is the install method integrated in to DAZ Studio.  If you installed with either Central or DIM you should not being using Connect so switch off DS's on-line function.

DIM is the best way to install products. Daz Central Connect is for beginners. It's just a striped down version of DIM. You have more control with DIM and is recommended to use that if your familiar with the DS files structure. 

Edit: I meant Central not Connect, gez I keep getting them confused

I rebuilt my DAZ Studio machine and loaded all my assets with DAZ Central. I have been waitung days to get all of the updates through DAZ Connect and some won't even update. DAZ Connect has always been a huge bottleneck! I would have thought they would have fixed it by now. Funny that DAZ Central didn't download the updates when the asset was installed. I have been with Studio for many years and this type of issue has plauged me every since DAZ Connect was made live. Very Frustrating!!

Bello! Personalmente faccio largo uso di Central (lo so, non mi lapidate...) e quindi limito abbastanza gli oggetti acquistati su Rrosity - il che in un certo senso, per quelli a pagamento, è "una salvata"   - ma potrei ben fare un'eccezione per un freebie di tal qualità!

DAZ_sam said:

Hey Everyone! So the newest release of Daz to Blender has been added to Daz Central/Daz Install Manager.
You can also find the update here.
https://github.com/daz3d/DazToBlender/releases/tag/2.3.1
We're especially proud to push this update because this is our first bridge update that was inspired by direct feedback from our users, so special thanks to everyone who helped out in making this update even better! 
The post can be found here. 
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/482401/daz-to-blender-new-bridge-update-ready-for-testing#latest
If you have questions about the update please ask here we also have a tutorial for this! (Almost done please check back here or on our YouTube channel once it uploaded)
Link - TO BE ADDED
Changelog: 

New Features:

• New morph selection dialog during export.
  • Auto-generate a list of every morph in your export, including clothing and hair morphs
  • Filter through your morphs to highlight and select which ones you would like to export.
  • Create morph presets to be reused with any figure of your liking.
  • This script will automatically grab all associated morphs that are being controlled by your morph in this selection.
• Added an option to disable morphs exporting out of Daz.
• Changed location of exported files to: /Documents/DAZ 3D/Bridges/Daz To Blender/
• A new UI design for the Blender side of the bridge. New options are explained below;
• Pose Tools
  • Choose from your figure imported in the dropdown and import them from Daz Studio in a pose.
  • Checkbox to add poses to Pose Library
• Morph List
  • Get controllers (using the same name in Daz) that will let you control all of your imported morphs that aren’t being automatically driven,
  • even when you are in pose mode.
  • Available controllers are separated into groups based on the corresponding mesh names.
• Material Settings
  • Checkbox to combine duplicate materials at import
• General Settings
  • Dropdown for scaling options
  • Refresh all Daz figures
    • Refresh dropdown of figures in your scene (useful for when your figure isn’t in the choices)
    • Note: only works with figures in the newest update (2.3.1) and forward.
  • Moved “Remove all Daz” to “General Settings”.
• Commands List
  • This is WIP but, is a list of all the commands you can use and the command box.
• Automatically create a pose library with the imported pose
• Added a new option to import poses directly from (.duf) files and automatically save them directly to your pose library
• Automatically combine duplicate materials during import
• Added a new option to scale figure mesh with three different options:
  • Real Size (centimeters/Daz scale)
  • x10
  • x100 (meters)
• Setup auto-drivers for morphs imported into the scene.
  • Currently, ERC Keyed Drivers are limited support.
  • Currently, drivers for morphs that control bones are not supported.
• Automatically setup settings correctly for materials when using Transmission (Eevee) - Screen Space Refraction
• Automatically set Blending Mode for materials using Alpha/Opacity maps, (this is needed for Eevee Renders).
• Added basic support for materials using: Irayuber, AoA_Subsurface, omUberSurface, and DAZ Studio Default.
• Added support to import in characters that have deleted faces on the figure.

Bug Fixes:

• Improved compatibility for Mac OS. (for Blender)
  • Will not fix compatibility issues with your version of MacOS.
• Fixed folders; previously, not all were being deleted from your import.
• Fixed skeletons importing a different size than the base figures in Daz from a Full body morph.
• Fixed Skeletons importing incorrectly if you scale the bones in Daz Studio
• Fixed the skeletons of props being incorrect.
• Fixed locations of props and environments being incorrect after import.
• Fixed child objects morphs not being controlled by the Main Controller.
  • i.e: eyelashes not moving when using the figure head morphs.
• Fixed scale being incorrect when importing figures of different sizes.
• Fixed Incorrect Rotation on Hip Bone Custom Shape

Updates:
Hotfix 2.3.1.1:

• When we change the scale of the mesh we are updating the Scene Units, Viewport, and Camera to work better with your larger mesh.
• If you wish to not have this feature turned on now you can skip it completely but, still scale the object.
• Also, if you do not have a camera in your scene it will not fail and just skip editing the camera.

https://github.com/daz3d/DazToBlender/releases/tag/2.3.1.1
(Has been added to DIM/DazCentral) 

Did ya'll change something?  the shapekeys no longer work going into Blender within the shapekey area and so will not work with Rokoko.  

Please help.

Where can I download DAZ Studio.  When I click Download Studio, I only get DAZ Central.  

Where is Studio or DAZ Install Manager?  Somebody in a forum said to use that to install PostgreSQL about which I'm getting an error message.

So, where is DAZ Studio?

Thank you for your help.

...this is why I keep my boot: dive rather clean of anything but the OS, applications and system processes as mine is also small (240 GB).  I have all my content on a secondary drive as well as the IM downloads backup and other files on a third storage drive.

 I don't use Daz Connect or Central which put  files in the Documents folder on C:.

Hello! I cant install Daz studio at all. The install manager says there's an error and the install button in Daz central starts at 83% but then converts back to the install button. Any help?

Do you use DIM to install your products? If so click on the "Ready to Download" then go to the filter search bar and type in PostgreSQL and it should bring it up for you. I haven't used Daz Central because I use DIM and its a lot more powerful. Central is just a chopped up version of DIM type app that makes it easier on new users. If you want to do it manually go to your account on Daz and go to your library and type the same thing in to the search bar.

It showed up for me in Daz Central. Not sure where else it could be but you could see if it shows up under ready to install in DIM or check on the Daz Software page.

PerttiA said:

Have you mixed different installation methods?

Mixing DIM/DAZ Central/Manual installation is ok, but if you use DAZ Connect inside DS, it will override any and all installation methods, even when the installation had failed (which it is known to do)

I started with Daz Central but ended up using DIM. So...yeah...in a few cases but 95% DIM.

Actually I used DIM to install a ton but found much of those grayed out inside DAZ Studio. So I methodically went through and installed them from inside Studio. However, I don't remember what they were. 

Interestingly it's ONLY starter essentials for Daz8 that are not working. Looks like everything else is working...including Starter essentials for 1,2 and 3.

It's really odd....

Have you mixed different installation methods?

Mixing DIM/DAZ Central/Manual installation is ok, but if you use DAZ Connect inside DS, it will override any and all installation methods, even when the installation had failed (which it is known to do)

 I cannot install DAZ Studio or DAZ central. 
I first got a message "A valid PostgreSQL could not be established."  I tried to uninstall and re-install DAZ Studio. I tried to install DAZ Central and am getting a "The path specified in the "Package Archive" field on the "Downloads" page of the "Settings" dialog, is not currently available. "

I've been happily using DAZ Studio for years.  I don't understand what is happening here.

I'm willing to completely remove and re-install. But HOW????

3DRenderBoy said:

Thank you for helpul information. It means that I can hide or ignore DIM's info every time I log-in.
I installed all the Starter Essentials (DAZ and Poser CF) via DAZ Studio and NOT in DIM. Should I install in DIM too?

If you installed through Daz Studio (which shouldn't place the PoserCFs) then there is no point in another isntallation, though DIM or Daz Central or manual, as it will have no effect.

Duncan Hair 'bug' is just a default .duf file icon for the hair as shown in attachment.

Mehrloc Hair bug is that it is found via Search, but when using Select in Mapped Folder, nothing happens. It does not show in the list. Mouseover of details says it exists in the folder as per the information on the product through Daz Central's information panel. It also fails to show the hair in the Genesis 8 Female Hair category, nor in the Genesis 8.1 folders.

Daz central has been reported by several users to be having issues on the Mac. Fortunately most report that Install Manager is stable https://www.daz3d.com/get_install_manager/ Daz is aware of the issues people are having.

Hello all, new to Daz. Game dev of 25+ years, Max user since v1, but working on a project and need quick characters/anims so was about to repurchase Poser and saw Daz and thought I would give it a whirl. Features look great but having a heck of a time getting things to work. Seems very buggy. I can't even get Daz central to work as it crashes/hangs soon after launching it. Using a Macbook Pro 2019 Intel. Anyhoo, I want to test the pipeline and was trying to export an anim to my Unity project but ... I can't download the bridge since I can't get central to run. So my question is...
Is there a way to download the Unity Bridge installer directly, without having to use DAZcentral? (or is there a way to get DAZ central to run?)
Thx

I would like 2-factor authentication in the browser, DAZ Studio, DAZ Central, & DIM as a simple matter of standard modern customer account protection. I liked the cart changes I saw today but it's still very slow site.

+++++

LOL, and as if on queue at the publishing of my request, because the criminals are on queue and at the command of their bosses, I get an email telling me that someone is trying to break into another account of mine (but can't because it's 2 factor authenticated and locked and the email was just dumb Port 25 Telnet spam style nonsense). 

I am asking this for other customers of DAZ 3D as they might be more upset or have much more damage done by such criminals than I am bothered by them.

margrave said:

jjoyner said:

Thanks for your clarification.  The last item in my PDF file was for Expressions for Little Ones which was installed via DIM.  The expressions are available for the Little Ones characters but the icon for Expressions for Little Ones ae grey in the Install tab and in Smart Content.  Trying to figure out Daz Studio’s file installation and organization schemes (Install tab; Smart Content; Content Library mapped folders, files and Products; Connect; DIM; Daz Central) can be frustrating.

It's only frustrating if you let it be frustrating.

By which I mean, use DIM and ignore everything else.  

And... DO NOT LOG IN TO DS. 

jjoyner said:

Thanks for your clarification.  The last item in my PDF file was for Expressions for Little Ones which was installed via DIM.  The expressions are available for the Little Ones characters but the icon for Expressions for Little Ones ae grey in the Install tab and in Smart Content.  Trying to figure out Daz Studio’s file installation and organization schemes (Install tab; Smart Content; Content Library mapped folders, files and Products; Connect; DIM; Daz Central) can be frustrating.

It's only frustrating if you let it be frustrating.

By which I mean, use DIM and ignore everything else.