Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Grouping Polys

Pandorian opened this issue on Feb 19, 2009 · 17 posts


Pandorian posted Thu, 19 February 2009 at 7:58 PM

**Actually, I just started a new thread in the LW section here on 'Rosity and I'm thinking it might apply here as well.  Here are the contents of that topic:
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I'd like to know if anyone can enlighten me on how to group my model (kneepad) based on a color coded figure (M3) so I can see the exact grouping of the base mesh and split mine accordingly.  I was told to import the mesh of the figure I'm making the object for into LW and color code the body parts (IE rThigh, rShin, etc.) so they could be identified and then make the display of MY model transparent so I could clearly see which polys belong where. 

Problem is that I'm sure I'm overlooking or doing something wrong because the M3 base I imported into LW only shows surface names such as SkinArm, SkinFeet, SkinForearm etc., in the Surface editor. It does not list the parts I'd need for grouping a kneepad, such as rThigh, rShin etc. (maybe I'm looking in the wrong place in LW for the "M3 part names"?)

Are there any particular options I should or shouldn't be checking when I export the M3 base out of Poser? When I went to export it under "Select Objects" I deselected "Ground" and selected "Figure 1" and everything below it. After saying okay, I checked the following for "Export Options" (weld body part seams, include body part names in polygon groups, use exact internal names except spaces, include figure names in polygon groups and include existing groups in polygon groups)

Can someone "walk" me through the correct way to approach this process so I could see where I'm going wrong?

Thanks in advance,

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