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So, I'm not sure if this is the "Official way" but here's what worked for me. Basically, I prepared and treated each pose as a single frame motion and followed the same approach as exporting motions.
Here's what worked for me:
1) Set up the character in Daz3D as desired, clothes, etc.
2) Reduce the timeline to a single frame - I used FrameMate, but I suppose Timeline would work. I am not a fan of Timeline, so I didn't check ;-)
3) Prepare and test a proper Tee Pose for the character in Daz3D - test, walk, run, to ensure collisions and break-throughs do not occur.
4) Ensure that the root of the character is selected in the scene
5) Export the Specific Tee Pose for this Character (I saved mine with a meaningful name for me which was Mountain_Troll_Tee_Pose) in .bvh format
6) Open 3DXChange and import the Character_Tee_Pose file.
7) You will see a "stick figure" that represents the Tee_Pose.
8) You can convert to non standard, make sure you select Daz Geometry from the dropdown at the top right of the screen
9) You are now ready to add Poses or Motions... To answer my question, let's add a pose.
10) Go back into Daz3D.
11) Stick with the same single frame Timeline (Framemate)
12) Create or Select the pose you want to export for this character.
13) Export this Specific Post for this character (I saved mine with a meaningful name for me which was Mountain_Troll_Idle_Stance_1) in .bvh format.
14) Repeat 11, 12, and 13 for each Pose you want for this character. (Save each one with a meaningful name)
15) Go back into 3DXChange
16) Import each of the Poses you've saved by pressing the browse button on your right. They will be added to a list above the import button.
17) Once you've imported all of the poses you created, rename if necessary, and press add to perform
18) Go to File Export in the menu
19) Click Export
20) This will bring up a Window to export the "motion" pose into iClone.
21) De select - Export geometry
22) Do select - Export Animation
23) Do select - Export Motion
23) Confirm that all of your motions are listed in the Motion File Name text box
24) Make sure your destination is set up the way you want it (I organized mine under a new Mountain_Troll Folder so I could find them easily)
25) Press OK.
That's it....
I performed an additional housecleaning step by testing each pose and capturing a good icon image... again so I can find them easily when I need them.
Hopefully this will help someone else. (3DXChange 6 is coming out soon, so this might change when it does. This works for 5.5)
Joe (Creatively.Me)
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