Has anyone succeeded in exporting from DAZ into iclone and then back to DAZ?

I asked Reallusion technical support and they could not come up with a solution and they suggested I ask the forum members.

Just to give you a point of reference for my attempts to round trip from daz to iclone back to daz.

1. Created character in DAZ
2. Applied the DAZ to 3dxchange iCloneFaceKey
3. Exported the DAZ Genesis as an fbx
4. Opened it in 3dxchange
5. Exported it to iclone.
6. Animated the Genesis character in iclone
7. Opened it with the performance in 3dxchange
8. Exported in every possible preset fbx format plus a few custom ones.
9. Import into DAZ and I get various error messages depending on which template I chose in step 8 above.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Craig

not possible to import fbx in DAZ from another resource .

The DAZ fbx importer is mess

DAZ says


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liebe Grüße vidi

meet us here

If you have to use the ICLONE animation ( not facial), you could export BVH from ICLONE and use that with your DAZ character in DAZ.

Why the Round trip ?


Am I missing anything ?

You already have the character in DAZ, and all motions done in iClone can be transferred to DAZ, with the exception of the facial.

I did a tutorial 2 years ago on this, and it is a long one, but the exporting back to DAZ starts here http://youtu.be/HA-WCPoEY0k?t=12m2s at 12 minutes

I have refined the process since, but the basics still apply.

Below is the entire process... Once again more refined procedures have been achieved since this time, and it was intended for beginners, so be patient.

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You gave a solution to export the facial animation from ICLONE to DAZ?

That's interesting !!!

Somebody wanted an Animation interface between DAZ and ICLONE...

We need to help him with the best possible way within the limitations of these softwares.

We must not confuse him further.

Brevity is absolute essential while dealing with the guys who seek help.

The guy is asking for help.
Tell him how to do it ( part or full solution ) with the existing versions of DAZ and ICLONE.
If not, then simply say "it's not doable now."
He must not feel bad investing in ICLONE 5.5 and not waiting for ICLONE7.

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Had you told him to select the "hip bone" instead of the root bone during export of BVH motion from 3dxchange for DAZ, then also it would have helped him a lot.
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BTW BIGBOSS is not a regular user. He is a professional developer.

BREVITY.

I was only addressing the export to DAZ. They stated they were receiving errors. Perhaps this will help them overcome that obstacle of import errors. DAZ is extremely funny about FBX. I believe Vidi already explained that it is an issue.. and it remains an issue two years later.

DAZ does have options for Facial animation in it's own right, so animation for the face can be edited using other tools specifically built for DAZ.

I have used Mimic pro successfully in the past inside DAZ. I have not used Mimic in some time, but I can check to see if it still works, if I need to.

My point is: The iClone FACEKEY is for users who want the character to have a ready made Viseme setting for characters exported from DAZ towards iClone use, not the other way around. That is why it is a *.duf file for use in DAZ as a preset to pipeline out of DAZ to iClone.

So I gave them a BVH reversed pipeline option which hopefully helped. The facial animation is a secondary stumbling block which I'm sure can be overcome with yours and my efforts, plus others who are attempting a solution.

Discussion, isn't it fun? :)



EDIT:
For Genesis figures, this is currently the Facial Software according to DAZ.

http://www.daz3d.com/mimic-live Mimic Live

Mimic LITE will not work on Genesis, but will work on other characters. Each user has to research what they need and buy what they consider necessary for individual efforts.

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" If I had Alzheimer's (Old Timers), would I know it? "

Tutoring is a noble process. It must be done with great restraint and purpose.

When we extend our hand to a man who is asking for help, we must extend it to "hold his hand" not to show the "power of our own grip".

Seniors have extra responsibility.

MIMIC is almost as old as DAZ. Actually older.

Now that we are discussing few points, I have a simple suggestion.

When somebody asks for help. Focus on his problem. Don't focus on things what RL did or didn't do.

Then see the magic.