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Cannot Export/Import OBJ for Clothing Morph - "Geometry Does Not Match"

lioncrudlioncrud Posts: 20
edited December 2022 in Daz Studio Discussion

Hi Dazzers,

So this item here is giving me a bit of a headache: https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-cgi-selene-outfit-for-genesis-8-and-81-females

I'm very accustomed to making clothing morphs in other programs (Blender) and re-importing to Daz3D.  However this item, even when I export OBJ without loading into another program and try to load directly back onto item using Morph Loader Pro, does not match geometry.  Trying to figure out why.

A few things I've already tried:

- Made sure I was exporting base mesh, no sub divides or higher resolutions

- The item has some sort of attachment, I tried exporting with and without it (simlar as you would do removing eyelashes from a base Genesis 8 character)

- Made sure exported file was set to DAZ scale.  

- As noted, I tried exporting the file then directly trying to load it into Daz3d without any 3rd party program being involved. geometry doesn't match out of the gate, so I know it's not a 3rd party program (I use Blender)...something wonky going on with the export or thte import (Morph Loader Pro).

Post edited by lioncrud on

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  • vectorinusvectorinus Posts: 120

    Hi lioncrud! After a failed morph load, the Morph Loader should place a message at the end of the Log file like this: Vertex Count mismatch 1106:1202 (Base:Morph). The first of these numbers is the number of vertices that the Morph Loader expects from the morph file. The second is the number of vertices the morph actually gives to the Loader. Import your item into Blender, select all the vertices, find out their total number and compare it with what the Morph Loader expects. If this number is higher, then something else was exported from the Daz Studio.

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    edited January 2023

    Have you checked the Blender import settings? I'm betting that was the first thing you checked but sometimes we forget.

    Blender Import from DAZ.jpg
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  • felisfelis Posts: 4,311

    @marble you are using an old version of blender or the legacy obj exporter. The new obj im/export has keep vertex order as build-in.

  • vectorinusvectorinus Posts: 120
    Does anyone know if the Daz Studio has a tool to display the number of vertices of an selected object?
  • felisfelis Posts: 4,311

    vectorinus said:

    Does anyone know if the Daz Studio has a tool to display the number of vertices of an selected object?

    If you in the scene tab hoover over the bottom line mid, till it turns yellow, then click that and a new small area will be visible.

    Now when you select an object in the scene tab, in the new window you can scroll down and get number of verteces. 

  • vectorinusvectorinus Posts: 120
    edited January 2023

    Oh [bother]! I expected to be sent to the Hexagon or to the same Blender. Thank you very much, felis! Now I will be able to predict the successful result of exporting the object for morphing. I'm going to do this right now.

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500

    felis said:

    @marble you are using an old version of blender or the legacy obj exporter. The new obj im/export has keep vertex order as build-in.

     

    I have Blender 3.2.0 ... not that old but development is going at such a pace that the current version on the download page is 3.4.1 ... I'd better update.

  • vectorinusvectorinus Posts: 120

    Happy New Year, Marble! The topics you create are always very interesting. I read them with pleasure as soon as I see you in the topic title.

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500

    vectorinus said:

    Happy New Year, Marble! The topics you create are always very interesting. I read them with pleasure as soon as I see you in the topic title.

    Why thank you and a Happy New Year to you too.

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