I love it, am concerned Optitex will make DAZ block it but until then am having fun I added a smoothing modifier before freezing and after to an obj export reimport for this as it worked better an much faster than converting to prop

I am hopping in the backseat too after getting booted off the bus for chirping up that they are hoping Carrara and Poser users will just go away ....speculation apparently (well not booted off yet just modded again but it is getting too frequent) I have only used connect thus far in the DS 4.9 beta on stuff that is connect only or Genesis 3 as it will not work in Carrara anyway, so far everything else is OK touch wood.

you can convert Poser dynamic hair to a mesh too. looks like 3 minute noodles but still http://www.sharecg.com/v/27296

..........and then there is G3F/V7

as it is a standalone can it also be used for programs like carrara that open pz3 scenes?

(or for that matter DAZ studio)

total 3D and c7p paint noob here, got it with 3D world after using 6pro fom Daz book disc over a year, Cripeman's youtube tutorial helped me, I am doing a physics sim in C7pro right now so can't check. but I think you have to create a new texture map first and save it, prob someone more knowlegeable will chip in but meanwhile check out his video tutorial

this seems an appropriate thread to post this, apologies to the original poster as it doesn't answer your question though if you are making suitable props for sale it may indeed fall into that catagory.
I am looking for a dynamic toilet roll.
not one with paper that just flaps, I can make one of those, rather one that will unfurl and collide with the ground, tried doing a spiral in Carrara, clothifying it with the core as a rigid group but Poser keeps crashing on me when I fiddle with the choreographed groups etc on primitives I make myself, still a relative noob at Poser anyway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNjopQ5zlpQ
this is my attempt but it won't unfurl,
I would be happy to buy a prop if someone made one.

 another similar question, I use the dyn to morph script quite successfully on animated clothing and props but it won't work on selected materials of conforming clothes, say a skirt, is there anyway to export the animated simulation as I nearly always render animations in Carrara, as firefly with very basic settings is the only way I can otherwise do an animation within a reasonable timeframe, the only other alternative being making the whole clothing item a prop but then it doesn't simulate as well or as quickly.

I exported the kitchen, the moden house and the golf course (with the leaves made visible and meshed checked in the modeling room) no worries as an obj from C5pro, also various props such as cars, barbeque, furniture etc.  haven't tried big scenes since with later versions C6 & 7, as the models are vey big polygon wise, small models, simple scenes OK but the textures are another story, with my own models I usually have to make new texture maps for use in DS surfaces as nothing else can be easilly exported other than colour, I render a top view of a plane with the bump, diffuse etc in Carrara and use that.
That said I prefer working in Carrara anyway. Animations from DS export well with PFE,
Mostly use my created props otherwise in iClone using 3Dxchange where multi character animation is easier but they have to be fairly low poly.
A strange phenomenom I have in exporting obj's from one app to the next is the shuffling of texture maps, find this with Poser too, often in the end easier to export untextured modelsand just redo it.

Quote -  Being in Australia we've still got a few months to wait for that issue of 3D world so i got my copy of Carrara 7 on 3d artist, but the mac version comes without the 'native content pack' so no shaders or content and the landscape wizard does not work. Is there a way i can load the shaders etc from Carrara 6 pro?

I live in the sleepy lil' old backwater of Smithfield Adelaide South Aust, got 3D world mag at Munno Para newsagent over a week ago! had 3Dartist on order but this came first so I cancelled and got it instead.
love C7pro, 3D paint fun, but I'm still crap at it, heaps to learn, but
 it is cool! no more seams on my crappy models!!
 renders quicker than 6pro too as it is LargeAddressAware so I didn't waste that 4gb upgrade on my crummy cheap Dell laptop.

I haven't posted much on this forum, mostly Daz3d but my favourite program is by far Carrara, I have both Poser7 and the free version of DS but basically use  BOTH as Carrara plugins, neither DS or Poser render fast enough for me to do animations with shadows that look good, only ever use open GL or firefly dep on which one I use, just waiting to see what others do with this Lux render thing and whether Poser ends up with the cheaper option, and if it looks better than Carrara. I am always amused by this arguing about what is better thing! Seen great stuff from both camps, true talent even shows up with the 3 coloured pencil or playdough options! I wish I could buy an app that enables THAT!

I got Poser 7 a month ago, similar problem, and found from another forum you need to have a microphone plugged in or enabled, even when using files!

Thanks for the information that 3delight doesn't use the graphics card! I tended to use the open GL render as my laptop was too slow but I recently added a gb of ram, I use Carrara 6 pro and Poser now I have it as Daz studio crashes a lot loading content as my card is utter crap (intel igfx  358 max memory) , and Poser is more forgiving,  but I might render in Daz too as my pz3 files import quite well into it.

I am new to Poser, been using Daz studio for about 6 months, but due to limited disc space on my laptop put most my runtimes on an external hard drive with just frequently used figures, etc on my pc, my zip files are on a seperate usb flashdrive stashed in an unlikely spot because I'm paranoid after two house break-ins (pre-computerownership fortunately, but I lost very sentimental camcorder footage both times)  of losing everything. Insurance doesn't replace everything I have sorely learnt.