and so can Carrara (not free though of course)
and Google sketchup
and prob a few other programs.

Takeo.Kensei said:

As some people think there is not enough entry I made a big sacrifice and spent a few days setting up a scene :)

I must say it was not easy with Phil's stuff and I planned to start with Antonia. However got another idea and in fact, it was something I wanted to do long ago but didn't take the time to do it. So now is the time and I'm very happy to present you

THE SPACE PIRATE

Freebie list

Not counted :

Genesis, Journeyer Scout Vest, pant, wristguard and boots

Required freebie

PhilC M4A1 http://www.philc.net/files/freestuff/M4A1.zip

Contest freebies

Smith and Wesson Magnum http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=7a0333c2fdd8b416d4769fa197caac52&prevstart=0
Landspeeder http://www.cocs.com/poser/Landspeeder.zip
Landspeeder texture http://www.poserdirect.com/sparkyworld/freebiefiles/newland.zip
The psycho gun http://www.poserdirect.com/freebies/thecobgun.zip
Scifi Environnement http://www.poserdirect.com/freebies/scifi01.zip
Ice boy shoulder Armor http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=62258
Han Solo Gun Belt http://www.sharecg.com/v/31564/View/11/Poser/Solos-Gunbelt
Cigar http://www.sharecg.com/v/31406/View/11/Poser/Victorian-Era-Cigar-Box-With-Cigars
Nadino mask http://www.sharecg.com/v/51122/View/11/Poser/M4-Nadino-Mask
V4 Templar Chest and boots http://xero-web.net/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=39
Imperial Officer Belt http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=63104
V4 Headstock from V4 Sci fi Armor http://www.sharecg.com/v/50021/View/11/Poser/V4-Sci-Fi-Armor
Taarna Kneepad only, taken from the boots http://www.sharecg.com/v/47978/gallery/11/Poser/Cosplay-Costume-5-for-V4
WW costume, bottom costum only http://www.sharecg.com/v/46653/gallery/11/Poser/Cosplay-costume-2-for-V4

Thank you very much for entring the challenge. It is really nice render, there is enough links, and PhilC freebie, but a lot of links going directly to the files. Also PhilC link.
I will have to ask you to change the list, so they will dirct to the page, were possible.

Otherwise, all is fine and I really like the atmsophere of this render :) it seems simple, but you can just feel the tension :)

As some people think there is not enough entry I made a big sacrifice and spent a few days setting up a scene :)

I must say it was not easy with Phil's stuff and I planned to start with Antonia. However got another idea and in fact, it was something I wanted to do long ago but didn't take the time to do it. So now is the time and I'm very happy to present you

THE SPACE PIRATE

Freebie list

Not counted :

Genesis, Journeyer Scout Vest, pant, wristguard and boots

Required freebie

PhilC M4A1 http://www.philc.net/files/freestuff/M4A1.zip

Contest freebies

Smith and Wesson Magnum http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=7a0333c2fdd8b416d4769fa197caac52&prevstart=0
Landspeeder http://www.cocs.com/cocs.com/poser/goodies.htm
Landspeeder texture http://www.sparkyworld.co.uk/3d4own.htm
The psycho gun http://www.poserdirect.com/freebies/thecobgun.zip
Scifi Environnement http://www.poserdirect.com/freebie.html
Ice boy shoulder Armor http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=62258
Han Solo Gun Belt http://www.sharecg.com/v/31564/View/11/Poser/Solos-Gunbelt
Cigar http://www.sharecg.com/v/31406/View/11/Poser/Victorian-Era-Cigar-Box-With-Cigars
Nadino mask http://www.sharecg.com/v/51122/View/11/Poser/M4-Nadino-Mask
V4 Templar Chest and boots http://xero-web.net/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=39
Imperial Officer Belt http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=63104
V4 Headstock from V4 Sci fi Armor http://www.sharecg.com/v/50021/View/11/Poser/V4-Sci-Fi-Armor
Taarna Kneepad only, taken from the boots http://www.sharecg.com/v/47978/gallery/11/Poser/Cosplay-Costume-5-for-V4
WW costume, bottom costum only http://www.sharecg.com/v/46653/gallery/11/Poser/Cosplay-costume-2-for-V4

HI :)

Here is the path I have traveled:
In the software Dazstudio - I clicked ‘send to Hexagon’
In the software Hexagone - I exported my model file ‘Carrera’ (.car)
In the software Carrera - I export the model in OBJ file.
In the software Setchup - I imported the OBJ file with Fluidimporter

WOW! the road is long!

The road is long if you make it long. :)

Carrara can be used to Load the daz3d figure,. Pose it, and export the "Posed figure" as an OBJ, with the option to export the texture maps.
Your texture maps need to be in the same folder as the OBJ and MTL files, so that the program you're importing into can find them.

Alternatively, and probably easier, is to export your building models from Sketchup into Carrara, apply textures / shaders,.. then add your Daz figures (animate them if you need to) then render in Carrara.

Alternative 2 would be to render out a sequence of your building models from Thea and the daz figures from either Studio or Carrara, and composite together.

Hope that makes sense ;)

cookejf said:

Someone has already managed to import a model daz studio (with textures) in sketchup?
I'm certainly not the first to try ...

Someone has already managed to import a model daz studio (with textures) in sketchup?
I'm certainly not the first to try ...

I designing complex layouts of buildings in sketchup. I want to insert 3D models (made with dazstudio) which in my evolution models. And then make photorealistic renderings in Thearender that I master well.

3d-username said:

i have been using octane for 8 months and it is just wonderful. the plugin will make it easier but it's easy right now once you learn octane. i may even opt to stay with the standalone version of octane even after the plugin is released.

it's a gpu renderer, so if you have a fast graphic card render times for my projects are all under 30 min, i see posts about 2 hour renders with daz or lux and I laugh because it would be 15 min in octane. need more speed, get another graphic card (nvidia).

at first my only issue was animation, that was resolved a few months ago. i'm not one for giving out technical advice, but if you are willing to invest in the learning curve it is the single best thing one can do to improve your renders.

the workflow that work for me is:

sketchup
blender
kinect mocap
scupltris/goz

any/all

export into daz, add characters
exoprt into octane
import renders into after effects
end

sometimes i export sketchup or blender direct into octane then export the character into octane.

Octane is excellent, however I want to comment on the 3Delight thing: The render here and here are done in 3delight, with UberEnvironment2, UberSpot used for the streetlights in the dusk scene), full-raytracing on 20 lights, SSS on the Worm, and ALL of the Urban Sprawl loaded and the 3Delight Linux Standalone 64 bit 10.0.50 ( renderdl -q -progress ) took just over 3 minutes on a Quad-core AMD-Phenom 2.5Ghz.

EDIT: I did not turn off raytracing for the hair. It was the default load, no changes.

$ time renderdl -q -progress mavka_l4w.rib
real 3m19.794s
user 6m10.284s
sys 0m0.723s

3Delight doesn't necessarily NEED to take a long time to render. It just needs the right environment.

Kendall

i have been using octane for 8 months and it is just wonderful. the plugin will make it easier but it's easy right now once you learn octane. i may even opt to stay with the standalone version of octane even after the plugin is released.

it's a gpu renderer, so if you have a fast graphic card render times for my projects are all under 30 min, i see posts about 2 hour renders with daz or lux and I laugh because it would be 15 min in octane. need more speed, get another graphic card (nvidia).

at first my only issue was animation, that was resolved a few months ago. i'm not one for giving out technical advice, but if you are willing to invest in the learning curve it is the single best thing one can do to improve your renders.

the workflow that work for me is:

sketchup
blender
kinect mocap
scupltris/goz

any/all

export into daz, add characters
exoprt into octane
import renders into after effects
end

sometimes i export sketchup or blender direct into octane then export the character into octane.

Miss Bad Wolf said:

Kyoto Kid said:

...rats, nobody makes a freebie bacon prop for Poser/Daz.

I thought at least either Adam Thwaites or TrekkieGrrrl might have.

Pappy411 made a bacon prop but it is no longer available. It was in the Rendo Marketplace which is where I bought it. It is no longer there.

Oh you wanted a freebie.

There is a set of 3 strips (not sure if you can separate them) that is available at Turbosquid which is in Collada format (and is also built on quad polys which Studio uses) for 8$. Have to think about this one.

Did see a really funny item in the SketchUp 3D Warehouse but it is only available in .skp (Sketchup) format.

Bacon Tree

Why not just Save your SketchUP scene as Obj files and load THAT into Daz Studio. I use SketchUP to make Props with Mats all the time. You will need to Tweak items (Size, and Materials, and add a light) but it works that way very well.
Just wondering...

Hello,
I did some test and I got a weird result.
Here is the path I have traveled:
In the software Dazstudio - I clicked 'send to Hexagon'
In the software Hexagone - I exported my model file 'Carrera' (.car)
In the software Carrera - I export the model in OBJ file.
In the software Setchup - I imported the OBJ file with Fluidimporter

WOW! the road is long!

The problem is that the skin material is not placed correctly and that the eyes are absent.

Here is a picture that shows the result one time in sketchup.

i have the live version and it works just ok, not even good.

mimic, animate2, optitext are all old. i have to export/import to blender, sketchup, kinect and octane render to get anything halfway usefull from studio 4. sad but true.

Oh, yes - it'll probably take me a while to get around to actually indexing the models at these pages, so have some links as a stopgap measure:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=cars&styp=m&scoring=t&btnG=Search
http://www.archidom.net/ddd/model_F.htm
http://www.dmi-3d.net/
http://www.foundation3d.com/index.php?categoryid=38&p13_sectionid=257
http://www.kennyscrap.com/models.htm

I know sketchup.
I tried export collada but I had other problems. Position M4 is not imported, it is generated with initial cross position. And texture skins are multiplying in each polygon ...

To which the position is static, that is ok for me.

As you said, you are new to DAZ Studio.
But, do you even know how to use Sketchup?
You keep poking around with freebies you find who knows where on the net.

Did it occur to you to try a Collada import/export. At least Sketchup has native support for that format.

Here's another thing to think about. If you ever do successfully import OBJ of M4 into sketchup, it will be a static object.
You will not be able to change the pose or expression. Poser or DS rigging does not go over with OBJ format.

This is fine if you just need him to stand there like a statue, but is not much use otherwise

Have you ever successfully imported an OBJ file with materials into Sketchup?
What plugin are you using to import?
Is than any error messages, like "cannot find textures"?

Hello, I am a new user of DAZ STUDIO. Is it possible to import model (ex M4) in sketchup pro 8 (PC)? I tried to export OBJ file and import it into sketchup with a plugin but it does not work. Michael 4 is imported into sketchup without material ... all is white.

What to do?

Does anyone knows a solution?

excuse my bad English:cheese:

Hello, i'm having an issue with the new versión 4.5. i can't import collada .dae files into Daz, that didn't happened on previous versions.
I tried with several files, models exported to collada from Google sketchup 8, and sometimes daz imported parcial elements (planes, or a cilinder) but never the whole model, and sometimes it didn't load anything at all. I doublechecked the export options on ketchup, selected all objects, but nothing works.
Can someone help and tell me what might be wrong or how can i import these .dae models?
Thanks for any help
Nuria

Next Limit likes to play things close to the vest with things like this, so you can never tell -- but it never hurts to create a request thread. They do read the requests and they are often implemented in the future.

I like to think I could be an asset for them if they do create such a plugin, since I can teach about how to use it (much like I do for the SketchUp plugin and the HDR Light Studio plugin) -- but they need to know other users would find this useful (or it might even bring new users to Maxwell, which is even better).

Regardless it all begins with request thread -- and I would definitely add my voice to that thread if somebody else starts one.