Donor rig: how to use it?

Jimbow

So I extracted a donor rig with the intention of applying it to a weightmapped model, and I can't find how to for love nor money. Is this one of those deep mysteries of the universe that only a chosen few have the knowledge for, or am I missing something really simple?

Richard Haseltine

I'm not clear on what you are trying to do or why - nor on which application you are using.

Jimbow

In Daz Studio.

Maybe what I really want an answer to is: how do I get a custom rig of my own to show in the Transfer Utility as a new option (My Tunic, My Cape, My Cloak, etc)?

I can extract a rig but there's no info anywhere on using it.

Richard Haseltine

You would use a figure rigged that way as the Source. Transfer Utility isn't, as far as I know, for transferring an abstract rig not attached to a model.

Jimbow

Sorry, I meant "Fit To". Thanks for taking the time to bother with my rambling.

Richard Haseltine

Ah, you want a new clone in AutoFit. It's not something I have done, but have a look at http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewreply/484726/

Jimbow

Brilliant. Thanks. Should've known SY would have something to show.

Richard Haseltine

heh, I couldn't find SY's tutorial (if it exists) but there's also Kattey's thread on transferring morphs that has instructions - I added the link to my previous post.

Jimbow

Thanks again!

Richard Haseltine

I was thinking about this and realised I was wrong - what you are wanting is the projection template, the things like Skirt, Boots and so on, rather than a clone shape, a different figure the clothes from which are to be converted. You can use these in both the AutoFit dialogue and in Transfer Utility.

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/27843/projection-templates-how-to is the tutorial I can find, which seems to be one of Sickle Yield's but not her original form.

You can also use AutoFit without worrying about the template, to get the shape, then use your rigged figure as the Source and the AutoFit conversion as the Target in the Transfer Utility to get the rigging.

 

Jimbow

Bingo! You're a star!

zszabo2000_015a88f8bf

Richard Haseltine said:

Ah, you want a new clone in AutoFit. It's not something I have done, but have a look at http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewreply/484726/

That link no longer works. Per archive.org, here's an updated link that points to the same post: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/24093/transferring-morphs-from-genesis-to-g2m-g2f-and-from-g2m-g2f-to-genesis-now-with-clones/p14

If that no longer works either (at some future date, but before the Allied Mastercomputer takeover), try the archive.org link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150712192050/http://www.daz3d.com:80/forums/viewreply/484726