The September Update for the DazToMaya Bridge is now available on Daz Central and Daz Install Manager.  It has some changes to the UI which may take users familiar with the old version time to get used to.  Here's what's new:

1. Updated to latest Daz Bridge Library v2.2
2. Fixes morph undo bug (distorted faces on export)
3. Geograft Material support
4. Prelim steps for supporting Geograft morphs (exported blendshapes)

New Menu Location:

You will need to install the Maya Plugin using the new integrated Maya Plugin Installer.  Access this from the Advanced Settings box of the new DazToMaya Bridge UI.

How to Install the Maya Plugin

1. The Daz Studio Plugin comes embedded with an installer for the Maya Bridge module. From the Daz To Maya Bridge dialog, there is now section in the Advanced Settings section for Installing the Maya module.
2. Click the “Install Plugin” button. You will see a window popup to choose a folder to install the Maya module. The starting folder should be the default location for maya plugins and modules.
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3. On Windows, the path to install modules should be “Documents\maya\modules”. On Mac, the path should be “/Users//Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/modules”.
4. For most Maya setups, you should be able to just click “Select Folder”. You will then see a confirmation dialog stating if the plugin installation was successful.
5. If Maya is running, you will need to restart for the Daz To Maya Bridge module to load.
6. In Maya, you should now see a “DazToMaya” tab in the Maya Shelf toolbar. Click this tab to find the DazToMaya options.
   
7. If you have tabs disabled in the Maya Shelf, you may need to click the “cog” icon and select “Shelf Tabs” to find and select the “DazToMaya” tab.
8. From the DazToMaya tab of the Shelf, you should now see an icon for “DAZ IMPORT”. You are done installing Daz To Maya Bridge!
9. If you recieve an error when trying to click the "DAZ IMPORT" icon, make sure you have PyMEL installed.

You can find more information about the updated DazToMaya Bridge with these resources:

• DazToMaya Bridge on Github
• Installation Instructions for DazToMaya Bridge (Githhub)
• How to use the DazToMaya Bridge (Github)
• Download the latest updates and bugfixes (Github Release Page)
• DazToMaya FAQ (daz3d.com)

How to Install DazToMaya Bridge v2022

More tutorials coming soon...

Daz Central just takes a single path and places everything in a sub-folder of that, Install Manager allows setting individual locations for each type of file in its advanced settings.

I haven´t used DAZ in a while (1 year or so) and all the new stuff Genesis 8.1 related is rendering completely white.

I am still running on DAZ 4.12 Pro, Windows 10.

I do not intend to install DAZ Central.

Any help will be appreciated.

I assume that in Daz Central you can see the path to the manifest files.

If so, try to open one in a text editor, and you should be able to find the path to where the product is installed.

So configure the Daz Central to know the new path? that can be done, but idk about the Manifest files.

Depending on how you are installing.

If DIM or Daz Central, then they need to know the new location. And furthermore, if they shall be able to access the installed files, the path in the manifest files must be changed, as they point to the original installed area. Manifest files are text files and can be multiedited with an advanced text editor.

I have never seen that message.

If you click on the triangle and select show installed files, does it then come up empty? And can you find the actual files on your drive?

I would recommend to stay with DIM. Daz Central is a simplified version of DIM targetted new users.

danrita13 said:

Hi @DazSam

Having an issue installing DAZ2Maya Bridge. First thing I did was install via Daz Central, but nothing showed up in my daz studio app (v 4.20.02) so I uninstalled and instead downloaded from the github. I downloaded the dzmayabridge.dll file and placed it in C:\Daz 3D\Applications\64-bit\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins and then launched DAZ Studio. Still nothing. What am i doing wrong here?

 

Thanks much,

Dan Rita

The DazToMaya Bridge has been rewritten and redesigned.  I'm working on making video tutorials.  Please make sure you follow the installation and usage instructions:

• Daz To Maya Bridge FAQ
• Installation Instructions (github)
• How to use DazToMaya Bridge

I'm coming back to using DS after a very long hiatus and I'm redoing my runtimes. I hadn't touched my runtimes since the last time I used DS so all of the manifest files and zips are still present in the right spot (verified paths in DIM settings). The products are in my library, and it's been so long I can't think of where else to look. Thanks.

Also, I'm on Win64bit, not Mac, so if Daz Central is how things are done on Win now, I have no issue swapping.

/edit
If I go ahead and click 'Yes', it acts as if it's doing something, but the files in my library remain untouched. It's also not every product; the only 2 I've ran into this so far are Painter's Lights and the Ultra sets.

Hi @DazSam

Having an issue installing DAZ2Maya Bridge. First thing I did was install via Daz Central, but nothing showed up in my daz studio app (v 4.20.02) so I uninstalled and instead downloaded from the github. I downloaded the dzmayabridge.dll file and placed it in C:\Daz 3D\Applications\64-bit\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins and then launched DAZ Studio. Still nothing. What am i doing wrong here?

Thanks much,

Dan Rita

Hey folks.. forgive my frustrations with this.. I would like to say I am computer savvy (some of the time I am :-)..but as I age not so much).. so what I did was to buy 2 $1.99 --they don't count for the streak discount items as someone else here in the thread suggested.  That reset the streak count (but it did not .. at first.. reset the discount).  So I dumped my cart and logged out.  Then I logged back in using Firefox instead of Brave (where I have a lot of security addons) and wallaa.. it worked!  I hope this helps others having the same issue!!  I am at Central time and it was almost 9pm here and I must have done the 1.99 items an hour or so ago.  So I am not sure about the timing.

Where are you looking in Daz Studio? Content Library under Daz Studio Formats (or Poser Formats, if appropriate) is the only view that goes diectly from the files on disc - except for the Daz Connect container, which should be empty if you are using Daz Central exclusively. If the files were not there initially but were after reisntalling then that suggests the path settings had changed. If they were missing only in the database views (Categories, Products, and the other panes showing content files) then it suggests a database issue - perhaps starting Daz Central while Daz Studio was closing, which might have led to the databse not being available while Daz Central was working.

You'll probably need to wait a bit until all the new stuff propagates over from the changeover at 2 am Central Time.
If it doesn't, don't hold your breath that it'll be fixed now that it's the weekend.

danielbui78 said:

Roland1234 said:

I felt like sharing my results. Simply extract the contents into your Unity project, go to your figure's root object, add the "Daz Jcm Controller" component and click the "Load JCMs" button in the inspector to initialize everything. There's bound to be mistakes and misses so it'd be nice if people would point them out here.

You will need the latest Daz Bridge Library DTU file so I'll echo danielbui78's advice to use the latest Daz->Blender bridge plugin to generate it (it ends up under C:\Users\{name}\Documents\DAZ 3D\Bridges\Daz To Blender\Exports). But he totally promised to update the Daz->Unity plugin really, really soon. Like, tomorrow, probably.

 

Great work!  I will try to test it out over the weekend.  I'm hoping to get a new version of the DazToUnity bridge with JCM output in the DTU posted to Github by late tomorrow.  It will probably not be updated to Daz Central / DIM until next week.

This is only a developmental version -- needs more internal and external QA testing before it can be pushed to Daz Central:

https://github.com/daz3d/DazToUnity/releases/tag/2022.1.pre.1

Edit: I tested the build from the link above with the Daz Jcm Controller -- AWESOME!  I have only been able to test out for a couple of minutes to confirm that it works, but saw that the morph sliders on the Skinned Mesh Renderer control were correctly locked out and updating as I posed the skeleton!  Congratulations again, @Roland1234!  Please make a video to share when you have time.  Thanks!

ShelLuser said:

I am aware that OP solved his issue (fortunately!), but still wanted to comment on this:

kyoto kid said:

...try this:

Open Windows Task Manger and go to the Services Tab.  There should be an entry labelled DAZContentManagement. 

This isn't always the case, my setup for example does not use a dedicated service (probably because I still rely on DIM instead of Daz Central). So you can't really rely on this.  You can also check the 'Processes' tab, find the "Daz Studio Application" section, expand it and it should also list "PostgreSQL Server", if it does it means that the CMS is running.

Missed this. it is referring to the Valentina database, which was an always-on service. Daz Studio has not used valentina since 4.9, and dropped it as the default (in favour of PostgreSQL) before that. I have added a note to the post to try to avoid future confusion.

I am aware that OP solved his issue (fortunately!), but still wanted to comment on this:

kyoto kid said:

...try this:

Open Windows Task Manger and go to the Services Tab.  There should be an entry labelled DAZContentManagement. 

This isn't always the case, my setup for example does not use a dedicated service (probably because I still rely on DIM instead of Daz Central). So you can't really rely on this.  You can also check the 'Processes' tab, find the "Daz Studio Application" section, expand it and it should also list "PostgreSQL Server", if it does it means that the CMS is running.

Yeah, I tried installing it through DIM and Daz Central, and it's not showing up in my scripts tab at the top. I hope someone can fix this. 

An update came through Daz Central on June 9th for for the Daz to Maya bridge.  After installing the update, the bridge no longer works.  It appears my script settings and udpated Daz Studio are no longer connecting correctly.  Not sure what the update was suppose to accomplish as the Maya bridge was working prior to this.  

Roland1234 said:

I felt like sharing my results. Simply extract the contents into your Unity project, go to your figure's root object, add the "Daz Jcm Controller" component and click the "Load JCMs" button in the inspector to initialize everything. There's bound to be mistakes and misses so it'd be nice if people would point them out here.

You will need the latest Daz Bridge Library DTU file so I'll echo danielbui78's advice to use the latest Daz->Blender bridge plugin to generate it (it ends up under C:\Users\{name}\Documents\DAZ 3D\Bridges\Daz To Blender\Exports). But he totally promised to update the Daz->Unity plugin really, really soon. Like, tomorrow, probably.

Great work!  I will try to test it out over the weekend.  I'm hoping to get a new version of the DazToUnity bridge with JCM output in the DTU posted to Github by late tomorrow.  It will probably not be updated to Daz Central / DIM until next week.

sandrine.ns said:

Hello guys I did a factory reset. Installed the bridge with DIM and now I'm having "appropriate fbx does not exist" error. I've been fighting for this for a moment now...

Please try the hotfix that I mentioned in my previous reply to you.  I am hopeful that it will help you:

If you have your windows Documents folder on a different drive, in OneDrive or in a custom path, then this update may help you:  https://github.com/daz3d/DazToBlender/releases

You need to manually install that fix for now, but we will try to get that posted to Daz Central as soon as we can.  Thank you for your patience.