Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: How do I? Making my first prop problems.

Shoshanna opened this issue on Feb 21, 2003 ยท 22 posts


maclean posted Fri, 21 February 2003 at 3:22 PM

Shoshanna, You can do this 2 ways. You can save the 2 obj files as one prop and still move them independently, but it's a bit of a hassle. Select one of the two objects, (brush), click on properties, (ctrl-i), then 'set parent'. Now scroll down the list and find the other object (bottle), and select it as the parent. Bottle is now the parent of brush. Now click on 'add to library' (Props), and when you get the dialog box, click 'select subset'. Check both your props in the list and save as a smart-prop. Now when you re-open that prop, both pieces will be there. This is one way to do it, but it's a pain, especially if you're giving or selling it to other users. Second way is to make the 2 pieces a cr2 Figure. Not that difficult. With both pieces in poser, go to Menu/File/Export/Wavefront OBJ and in the 1st dialog box, click OK for single frame, then in the 2nd (the hierarchy box), make sure your 2 props are checked. Hit OK, type in a name for your obj, then in the last dialog box, UNCHECK EVERYTHING. This file needs to be stored somewhere in Runtime/Geometries/Whatever folder. Poser now needs a PHI file to create a figure. If you don't have PHI Builder (free app in Utilities), you can easily make a PHI file in notepad. This is what you type. objFile :Runtime:Geometries:YourFolder:YourFilename.obj 1 bottle_1 xyz >TAB space<2 brush_2 xyz bottle/brush - These names MUST correspond EXACTLY with the names of the 2 pieces you exported. >TAB space< This just means press the TAB key at the beginning of that line so it's indented. If the body part is parented to something, it's numbered as '2' and a TAB helps poser to identify it. Save that with a name and the extension .PHI. like prop.PHI, then open poser and go to Menu/File/Convert Hier File. Poser will ask you to name the new figure and a new entry will be added to New Figures in the library. NOTHING WILL APPEAR IN THE DOCUMENT WINDOW. Don't panic! Double-click on the new entry and it will open. You should now have a prop with a BODY and 2 body parts. All you need to do now is select each body part and turn off the 'bend' option, otherwise they go crazy when you move them. As to exporting, can't you export as obj or 3ds? Why Lightwave? Any problems, just yell.... mac