Introduction

mcjObjsToMorphingProp will convert a series of obj files into an animated morphing prop.

using this, you can create a cloth simulation in Poser or Blender and integrate it in your Daz Studio movies!

Since each obj file becomes a morph, you should limit the length of your animations and the complexity of the cloth/garment

In my tests i used 1000-faced table cloths and capes. and my animations were less than 200 frames.

Also, you must use obj files which contain the exact same objects.

Trying to export a Carrara particle effect will not work since the number of particles varies through time.

History

Installation

The zip package is found at the bottom of this page

unzip it in your daz content folder, typically C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\

once installed, it will appear in your content library, under Studio / Scripts / mcasual

Use

see below for a quick review of the ways to produce sequences of obj files

Lets say you created a sequence of obj files using Poser

sheet_0_0.obj, sheet_0_1.obj ... sheet_0_99.obj

Import the first object in your sequence of objects using Daz Studio's File/Import/Wavefront .obj

in our example we import sheet_0_0.obj and we use "Poser" as the import settings

select the imported object

launch mcjObjsToMorphingProp located in your library in Studio / Scripts / mCasual

The UI looks like this

Click the 'browse...' button and browse up to the first .obj file of your sequence of obj files.

in our example f:\roma\sheet_0_0.obj

the script already went through your list of .obj files and knows how many there are.

select the appropriate scale in the "obj import scale" section,

in our example we select "Poser ( 243.84 )"

Click on the [Objs to Morphs] button.

conversion to morphs will take a few minutes depending on the number of frames and the complexity of the objects.

Animating the prop

The entire playrange will be animated, so, be sure to set the timeline's playRange to the desired range.

in our example we set it to [ 0 ... 99 ]

if the playrange has more frames than the prop has morph channels, the animation will loop.

In the 'morph animation' section, specify which morph channels will be involved in the animation.

in our example we want all morphs used, from channel 0 to channel 99

( morph 0 is in fact the object with all morph channels zeroed )

Saving, re-using your new prop

You could now save your prop as a scene file.

You could also use utility PP2Exporter to save it as a genuine poser prop.

Then use the utility "Poser Format Exporter v1.3" to export the animation.

To reuse the prop, load it, or load/merge the scene it was saved in.

Clear the animation using the parameter tab's Clear Selected Item"

select it

launch mcjObjsToMorphingProp

use the "animate morphs" button.

Exporting a cloth simulation from poser 7

A tutorial about using Poser's cloth simulation is beyond the scope of this document.

here's a few link which may help you

http://my.smithmicro.com/tutorials/1619.html

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLBt9WKWl-Y

http://www.techtut.com/Tutorial/Poser/63-Working-with-clothes-in-Poser.html

http://my.smithmicro.com/tutorials/2313.html

( i simply Googled for poser cloth tutorial

Once the simulation is done, select the cloth object

do a File / Export / Eavefront obj

then select "multi frame export", and specify the range of frames

deselect everything in the scene select only the cloth

you may leave the export options as-is, i un-checked the "weld" option

this 30-frames simulation of a 32x32 cloth took only a few seconds to export

and here's the result, imported and rendered in Daz Studio!

License

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More Examples

click to view animation

blender simulation imported and rendered in Daz Studio, software render

click to view animation

Carrara, 3 frames exported "manually"

imported and rendered in Daz Studio, software render

click to view animation

exported from Daz Studio using mcjTeleBlender

imported and rendered in Daz Studio, software render