hi i'm new to daz and wanted to know if there is any way to render or export an image as a lineart eg like a render in sketchup where it just shows the outer line of a building etc without the textures,

thanks for all your help:)

best neil

Hi;

I am the documentation maker for Avastar and meanwhile i also do most of the Avastar maintenance and bug fixing. So i'd like to add some information to this thread.

Why Avastar is like it is

Ok, so ... Avastar has indeed been designed primary for the creation of characters, attachments and animations for Second Life and similar online worlds. When we started its creation 2 years ago, we (2 developers and myself) did not think much about supporting any other target game engine. That's why Avastar internally "only" uses an exact replica of the Second Life Avatar with all its quirks and errors. Support for other skeletons is (currently) not provided.

What about Avastar's future ?

But now Avastar-1.0 is finished and we are free to step ahead and see what can be done next. I personally would like to add more support for other game engines as well (where it makes sense) Adding support for export to Cloud party comes to my mind. Or better support for MakeHuman (i have already talked to them), etc.

What about support for DAZ tools?

When i look at DAZ specifically, then i believe that we should not improve Avastar but improve Blender's native (out of the box) Collada Support such that we can transfer characters between DAZ tools and Blender in a seamless way.

Actually i am currently also responsible for the maintenance of Blender's native Collada module. So i will look at any missing features or bugs as they appear in the Blender bug tracker. So, if you have something to tell... I will work on it. Although we currently focus on supporting Sketchup because we get most reports from that comunity, hint...hint... :)

cheers,
Gaia

none01ohone said:

Basic G2
Hitomi hair
Hongyu V5 Bikini
Casual Surf Flip Flops
Slosh's SPEX - Aviator glasses
Surfboard and Gun - converted Sketchup models
Used Slosh's SPEX - Glitter shaders on bikini and hairband

This one makes me laugh, love it. When you go to the beach, be prepared for the worst!

Basic G2
Hitomi hair
Hongyu V5 Bikini
Casual Surf Flip Flops
Slosh's SPEX - Aviator glasses
Surfboard and Gun - converted Sketchup models
Used Slosh's SPEX - Glitter shaders on bikini and hairband

I do all my modeling in Carrara. No organic forms though ( no people animals or trees )
Most of my objects are machines, or tools.
I used to model in sketchup, or alibre and convert but I like to tweek too much, so staying in one program is huge for me.
and avoiding file conversions removes a big PITA.
I believe I can model pretty much anything I need at this point using both the vertex or spline modeler.
8068

Here is a ton of GTA cool cars converted to sketchup format.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=7304bda987aea39a7f43ba10d589ec82&ct=mdcc

Here are more:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=6ad406023e03f99f5ebed9c774baaecc&ct=mdcc

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=74c9cf25dd9bafcd299b736d8b06ec5c&ct=mdcc

:-)

lots of pianos on Google Sketchup too btw
downloaded his one
My Carrara retexture and render a bit sucky though
I added some strings

Kyoto Kid said:

Skiriki said:

Kyoto Kid:

Free grand piano #1
Free grand piano #2
Free grand piano #3

Would any of those work out?

...grabbed the .3ds (second) one as I learned I can just open then save it in a modeller as a .obj. Basically a nice Steinway A model which will look good in the studio of the London townhouse. The last one, while a full size concert grand, is unfortunately for Sketchup (.dae).

Talk to music2u4u...he has done a lot of conversions of Sketchup models.

Dana

Skiriki said:

Kyoto Kid:

Free grand piano #1
Free grand piano #2
Free grand piano #3

Would any of those work out?

wendy♥catz said:

a google sketchup model I fiddled a bit with and rendered in Carrara

that is very good Wendy.. :)

a google sketchup model I fiddled a bit with and rendered in Carrara

arrow1 said:

Thanks for the link.However it leads me to an import plugin which I have installed into the free Sketchup. Is there an export plugin as well as I cannot seem to find one only the pro version! Cheers

I have managed to export Sketchup models as OBJ's and 3ds files to Poser. I have also imported them into Vue 11 Infinite as OBJ's. There are some great models in Sketchup if you just want lo poly's in the background or not to close to the camera.I haven't tested them in DAZ Studio as yet,but I would imagine there would not be any problems. Many Many thanks to all you great people here in the forum for your assistance and advice.Cheers

Here is one I found in the Sketchup warehouse. Though it is not a muscle car or hot rod, it is vintage and a very cool ride. This 1963 Mercedes 300 Sedan has a lot of nice detail. Even has the reflection in the mirrors and tread details. I just liked the way it looked, so I got it...lol.

:-)

Thanks for the link.However it leads me to an import plugin which I have installed into the free Sketchup. Is there an export plugin as well as I cannot seem to find one only the pro version! Cheers

arrow1 said:

Thank you for all your replies. Can Sketchup models be used in Poser and DAZ?

arrow1 said:

Thank you for all your replies.Can Sketchup models be used in Poser and DAZ? I already have the Liberty ship,USS Vestal,Clyde Puffer and Tramp steamer. I am after Oil tankers and troop carriers and early 20s,30s and 40's passenger liners. They do not need to be hi poly and most of these would be in the backgroubd of a convoy.Cheers

If you find any, please post, I've been searching for a while. All I found was Titanic (from Vanishing Point).
Or some utterly expensive ugly looking models at TurboSquid.

Thank you for all your replies.Can Sketchup models be used in Poser and DAZ? I already have the Liberty ship,USS Vestal,Clyde Puffer and Tramp steamer. I am after Oil tankers and troop carriers and early 20s,30s and 40's passenger liners. They do not need to be hi poly and most of these would be in the backgroubd of a convoy.Cheers

The Lusitania, sister ship to the Aquitania, is available in Sketchup form in the Google, I mean Trimble Warehouse at this link: 3D Warehouse

"Google Valley Shopping Mall" is a recent model done by using SketchUp models and Daz3D's Genesis. The other few are way back when I only started out with Bryce 5 so nothing special there. I have taught myself 3D and Bryce by trial and error! Please excuse poor lightning and such, as this is an ongoing learning process, all the way!

Laura