mcjPushPullFacet V3 : perform facet surgery (movements ) right in Daz Studio!

mCasual

Note: if you downloaded the first version of this script, you need to download

the current version if you want support for figures and subdivided surfaces.

You also need Version 3 and up of mcjCollider which is dated Feb 19, 2019, 2:37 AM

the plugin - https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts2/mcjcolliderds45

perform facet surgery (movements ) right in Daz Studio!

Create facet-morphs or facet-group-morphs right in Daz Studio!

mcjCollider plug-in required 

The Script ----> https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts9/mcjpushpullfacet

 

i recently got an antique Macbook, so i can start converting my PC-only plug-ins to Mac

and the first candidate was mcjColliderForDS45 

This lets my scripts "see" the facets

 

example : with mcjPushPullFacet you create an mcjCollider plugin node for the hat

you aim the cross-hairs at the facet you want to move

press a button and Bam you got a morph channel on the hat that lets you move that facet

or you press another button and this facet is added to a morph channel shared by other facets

 

 

barbult

What direction does it push and pull? Along the facet normal direction? Is the answer to this question different if I combine several facets in one morph?

Edit: Does this work kind of like a Daz Studio Push Modifier?

mCasual

along the normal of the facet based on the cross product of the first 2 edges of that facet note :i'll possibly post version 2 in a few minutes because morphs on figures, depending on where they are inserted in the sequence of morphs can really misbehave, so i have to make sure the script's morphs are the first else, when the figure changes pose, the facets will fly away

mCasual

not really but note that using mcjElevate and an all white image, you can inflate a whole figure

Edit: Does this work kind of like a Daz Studio Push Modifier?

mCasual

Note: if you downloaded the first version of this script, you need to download

the current version if you want support for figures and subdivided surfaces.

You also need Version 3 and up of mcjCollider which is dated Feb 19, 2019, 2:37 AM

 

barbult

OK, I already downloaded, but I'll wait and download again later.

mCasual

well the version you downloaded works for objects props and when you select the whole figure when you create the collider

the problem is when the collider is created for just the head for example

this doesnt affect mcjHatsAreTheFashionOfTheDay or mcjWrapABand

it's just that the collider doesnt correctly report the facet identifier, and mcjPushPullFacet version 1 is counting on it

so i'll make mcjPushPullFacet get the vertices of the facet from the collider's other reports

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and i'll strongly suggest people get the upcoming version 3 of mcjCollider ( for future scripts )

 

 

barbult said:

OK, I already downloaded, but I'll wait and download again later.

 

mCasual

Note: if you downloaded the first version of this script, you need to download

the current version if you want support for figures and subdivided surfaces.

You also need Version 3 and up of mcjCollider which is dated Feb 19, 2019, 2:37 AM

 

barbult said:

OK, I already downloaded, but I'll wait and download again later.

 

barbult

I finally got this working. The step I was missing was reselecting the morph target object after parenting the collider to the camera.

barbult

Ont thing that threw me off was that the morph is created in the top level figure root, not in the bone I had selected, so I didn't see it at first. Here are 4 facets on the back of his head pulled out in a common morph.

 

mCasual

i have to be careful in my scripts to not create morphs when the morphed object is subdivided because it really can scrap scene files making them never openable - tonight i'll post an old updated and upgraded script that can wrap an object with another object, usually a tube prop ... the script is mcjShrinkWrapA

barbult said:

Ont thing that threw me off was that the morph is created in the top level figure root, not in the bone I had selected, so I didn't see it at first. Here are 4 facets on the back of his head pulled out in a common morph.

 

 

barbult

Look what I made with the hat fit script. I'm not sure exactly why it worked out the way it did, but it is pretty neat. I look forward to the shrink wrap script.That is kind of what I was trying to do here with a sphere as hair, hat-fit to the head. Some went inside the head at the eyes and nose for some reason. I hid the character and then I can see the mesh of the sphere that went inside..

 

mCasual

the mcjcollider allows more than one object to be selected so you could add little spheres and planes to block holes, or select the head and 2 eyeballs

barbult

I selected the head and two eyes, and it actually sank in further. Does the ray shoot from inside the head and hits those internal eyes and declares collision?

mCasual

barbult said:

I selected the head and two eyes, and it actually sank in further. Does the ray shoot from inside the head and hits those internal eyes and declares collision?

mCasual

mcjWrapABand has an option to collide at the closest or farthest collision point. The hat script only stops at the closest hit from the point of view of the center of the cut plane. This worked well for hair to cranium, but ... i could add the option yes could be useful for ears and eyes areas

mCasual

i'm posted mcjHatsAreTheFashionOfTheDay version 4 on my site, it now has the "far hit' option

 

barbult said:

Look what I made with the hat fit script. I'm not sure exactly why it worked out the way it did, but it is pretty neat. I look forward to the shrink wrap script.That is kind of what I was trying to do here with a sphere as hair, hat-fit to the head. Some went inside the head at the eyes and nose for some reason. I hid the character and then I can see the mesh of the sphere that went inside..