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Rigging Tutorials

Bryan ValenciaBryan Valencia Posts: 55
in Daz Studio Discussion

I created a set of boots in Wings3d and I want to rig them to Genesis characters.  Is there a tutorial on rigging?  The ones I have found so far are not for this. 

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,781

    High heels or flats? If theya re flats then any rigging tutorial for Genesis figures' clothing will work.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,551
    edited January 2023

    Try this once:

    1. Load the base figure that you'd like to fit the boots to. If you're looking to fit them to a specific character, still... only load the base figure for that character
    2. Load the boots
    3. In the scene, line up the boots how they should fit - scale and adjust if neccessary
    4. I normally model stuff to fit the base figure - you probably did to, so on to the next step
    5. Select a boot 
    6. Edit > Object > Transfer Utility
    7. Source Field: Select the Figure
    8. Target Field: Boot L or Boot R (or both if the two of they're both one object)
    9. Click Options to open it up and check "Add Smoothing Modifier" if you want that. Probably not for boots? 
    10. Click "Accept"
    11. Repeat for other Boot
    12. Save As > wearable preset > In the dialog, Deselect the figure - only check the boots *
    13. * If you need the feet to use a specific Shape morph to make them look right, you can activate "Shaping" and deselect the figure, then open up until you find the foot shape you need
    14. * If you need the feet to use a specific Pose to make them look right, you can activate "Pose" and deselect the figure, then open up until you find the foot pose you need
    15. Click Accept when you're done
    16. Delete the boots and load the new preset with the figure selected and test out various shaping morphs and such to see how well the Transfer Utility did.

    If you encounter issues with certain poses or shapes, see the videos below

    Rigidity will help if the figures shaping morphs are doing funky things to the item

    Smoothing - if you didn't add it in Transfer Utility but now you want to try it, here's how

    If you decide that you need to add corrective morphs for certain situations

     

    Hope this helps

    Post edited by Dartanbeck on
  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,551

    If this doesn't get you there and you need an answer quickly, shoot me a PM - I'll help if I can - and I probably can.

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