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Subject: Modelling FBMs for clothing


jal ( ) posted Tue, 15 March 2005 at 10:09 PM ยท edited Fri, 02 August 2024 at 7:13 AM

Modelling FBMs for clothing

I'm trying to create FBMs in clothing with a modelling app - specifically, BAT Labs Casual Wear Pack using Truespace. I finally created a successful FBM morph that affects the left & right collar, chest and abdomen. It works but I want to verify that I'm not missing a step or doing anything that will have ill effects in the future. These are the steps I followed:

  1. Load the clothing item in Poser
  2. Export OBJ with the groups I need ("Include existing groups..." and "As Morph Target" checked)
  3. Import OBJ into Truespace, scale up, modify with deformer, scale down
  4. Export each group as an individual OBJ (4 of them is this case)
  5. In Poser, load morph targets to each affected part
  6. Name these 'pbmMorphName' by convention. Or is the 'pbm' a special/reserved name?
  7. Dial each individual morph to 1.0
  8. Figure > Create Full Body Morph
  9. Name this 'MorphName'
  10. Reset individual morphs to 0
  11. Add to Library

Like I said, it works fine and the process isn't too cumbersome. Is this method going to cause any future problems? Is there an alternate or simpler method? Thanks.


DCArt ( ) posted Tue, 15 March 2005 at 10:53 PM

That seems like the ticket to me! Cumbersome, huh? LOL



jcbwms ( ) posted Wed, 16 March 2005 at 2:37 AM

After consulting with the person I know that is aware of such things, that is indeed the process.


Jim Burton ( ) posted Wed, 16 March 2005 at 9:42 AM

Well, one mistake- Don't export the clothing from Poser, just import the clothing directly from the Geometry folder. Poser doesn't do exact exports, plus you are just adding some extra steps.


jal ( ) posted Wed, 16 March 2005 at 12:48 PM

Jim: The first thing I tried was importing from the Geometry folder but it didn't display the groups. I found out later using an exported model that is was an incorrect setting on my Truespace import filter. Thanks for reminding me. Thanks folks. Doing FBMs this way is a lot less aggravating than using magnets.


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