Measure Metrics not working in DS 4.11 Beta [ Solved; also "duh-h-h..." ]
Blind Owl
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This: https://www.daz3d.com/measure-metrics-for-daz-studio works in DS 4.10 but not in 4.11 Beta. It show up in Smart Content, and will cause a character to assume the necessary pose, but that's it. Nothing appears in "Installed Plugins" or "Panes" (see screenshots) and when I try to activate the Figure Metrics script it tells me that the plugin needs to be registered. Hard to do when 4.11 Beta doesn't even know it's there, or should be.
I've tried uninstalling & reinstalling it several times, but that hasn't worked. Unless there's some way to force 4.11 Beta to recognize its existense, it seems the product is in need of an update.
Any help would be appreciated.
[ edit: oh crap, I forgot to attach the screenshots. 
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There are two parts to the Measure Metrics product - the plug-in itself, and the Figure Metrics script. What you are seeing in the content panes is from the latter, which is plain content and so shows in all versions of DS that see the relevant content directory. The plug-in has separate installers for the Release Build and the Public Build - I think you do not have the Public Build version isntalled, just the Release.
Measure metrics works fine in DS 4.11.0.335 for me. Plugin is there. But I use DIM.
Guessing your install is somehow not 100%, or maybe slight off-chance its smart-content related (seem to remember reading Riversoft mentionning one of his products had smart-content issues).
You're right, Richard, I don't have the Public Build version installed: It shows up as 'Inactive' in my Product Library (here on the DS website), but I'm not seeing a way to activate it. On my last attempt to get it working I deleted all the components and re-downloaded the entire package, using DIM as I always do. Still no joy.
It should show in DIM, no need to go to your Product Library. The Public Builds have to be installed through DIM anyway.
It does show in DIM, which is what I always use to install/uninstall DAZ 3D products. I have 'Public Builds' enabled in DIM, and Measure Metrics works fine in DS 4.10 but 4.11 Beta can't even see it.
Now I'm wondering if I have to disable it in 4.10 so that 4.11 can pick it up (?). If so, I don't know how to do that (short of uninstalling 4.10, which I'm not ready to do yet). Of course I could switch to 4.10 whenever I want to measure something, but that's a bit of a pain.
There should be two entries for each version (Mac/Win, 32-but/64-bit) of the plug-in that you have set to show in DIM - one plain, one tagged Public Beta. You need to have both installed if you want it available in both channels of DS.
"Measure Metrics Public Beta" only shows up when I enable Win32 downloads in DIM (see screenshots; text filter is set to "public"). Unless there's some problem with my installation, which I have no reason to suspect, it would seem that there's no Win64 Public Beta version yet. Maybe there's one in the works.
If not, I can always switch back & forth when I want to measure something.
win64 beta for both versions 4.11.0.335 (which have been using with no issues) and todays release of 4.11.0.366 also has measure-metrics DL.
Why, so it does. Thanks for pointing that out, I must be having one of my slower slow days.
EDIT: Just found the problem, and boy, is my face red. I bought & installed Measure Metrics before I installed 4.11 Beta (before I told DIM to include Public Build content) and hid the Beta plugin among the Poser content and other stuff that is—or was—of no interest to me. Thanks, everyone!