Figure Metrics Question

nabob21

I am trying to measure the circumference of a Character's chest below the bust and above the waist using MeasureMetrics or FigureMetrics, and I'm not sure how to do that. Figure metrics has a bust circumference and waist circumference that uses the bust circumference and waist circumference morphs, and they are working fine. There is an under bust measurement in figuremetrics that is currently not working properly because if hasn't got a node identified or a property. If I select G8F as the node, what property am I supposed to select to get a correct measurement? The bust and waist morphs don't provide correct measurements. I don't know how to use measuremetrics to make this measurement, or even if it can, as the online documentation isn't detailed enough to figure it out.

Can anyone tell me how to use FigureMetrics or MeasureMetrics to get this measurement, or point me to a more thourough set of instructions or tutorial?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

nabob21

Richard Haseltine

Figure Metrics has 11. UnderBust Circumference for gensis 8/8.1 Female. That may not have been in the original version, though, so make sure you are not missing an update.

Figure Metrics does not have morphs assigned to most measures - but it does have the tools to add them yourself. Not everyone will have the same morphs, and there will often be trade-offs with any given morph likely to affect more than one measure - so which is the ideal for any case will depend on which morphs are avaialble adn what measures matter.

NylonGirl

I am starting to think neither of those versions are compatible with DAZ Studio 4.21. The old one says it requires a plugin. But there's no plugin. The new one asks for the path to DAZ Studio but won't let me select it.

Richard Haseltine

NylonGirl said:

I am starting to think neither of those versions are compatible with DAZ Studio 4.21. The old one says it requires a plugin. But there's no plugin. The new one asks for the path to DAZ Studio but won't let me select it.

The plug-in (Measuer Metrics) is required by the script (Figure Metrics), and must match the version of daz Studio to which it is installed - if you have an older version of DS and a newer download of the plug-in it won't work.

nabob21

I tried the Underbust circumference but it is giving a number the doesn't make sense.

fastbike1

Open a Measure Metrics Pane. On the character, select Spine 2. In the Measure MEtric pane, there is a drop doen box in the upper right corner. Click the drop down and select "Create New Measure Metric", Select the option for "Partent to and select the targeted item". Select the resulting plane and use the Scale paramter to shrink to a usable sixe, then use the Y Translate parameter to move the plane to the underbust level. Read the result. 

nabob21 said:

I tried the Underbust circumference but it is giving a number the doesn't make sense.

Richard Haseltine

It's possible that the shape has changed sufficiently that the existing measure is no longer lining up correctly - see http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/plugins/measure_metrics/advanced_measuring/start#restrict_to_polygon_selection for more detail on how to restrict a measure.