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Exporting as OBJ with scale fixes

missuskissesmissuskisses Posts: 918
in The Commons

So I've imported some obj files that are the wrong size and not centered. I've adjusted them using scale and x/y/z translate to my liking. I then export to obj again, but when I reimport, it's the original size/placement. What am I missing?

Thanks in advance.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,885

    Are you sure the scale and orientation match, and that you are importing the modified version? Exporting as OBJ usually bakes any transforms

  • missuskissesmissuskisses Posts: 918
    Actually, I think DS was bugged. I restarted and everything works ok now for me. Thanks!
  • algovincianalgovincian Posts: 2,636
    edited July 2020

    Not saying this is what happened in your case, but it's worth mentioning that it could have been a result of what you named the .obj file (if it's the same as a .duf file except for the extension).

    For example, consider the case where the .obj file you exported is "xyz.obj" and there is also a scene file saved as "xyz.duf". In this case, File->Import and selecting the file "xyz.obj" will result in DS loading the file "xyz.duf".

    This has happened to me before and made me think I was losing my mind lol.

    - Greg

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  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 7,851

    PAs import and export obj to and from DazStudio countless times, on a daily basis. DS works exactly as expected.

  • missuskissesmissuskisses Posts: 918
    algovincian said:

    Not saying this is what happened in your case, but it's worth mentioning that it could have been a result of what you named the .obj file (if it's the same as a .duf file except for the extension).

    For example, consider the case where the .obj file you exported is "xyz.obj" and there is also a scene file saved as "xyz.duf". In this case, File->Import and selecting the file "xyz.obj" will result in DS loading the file "xyz.duf".

    This has happened to me before and made me think I was losing my mind lol.

    - Greg

    Good to know, thanks! 

  • missuskissesmissuskisses Posts: 918
    FirstBastion said:

    DS works exactly as expected.

    Not really sure what this means. I haven't had problems with obj import/export before, until I did. Turns out the program got bugged, and I don't know why; thankfully everything is working now.

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