Yeah, I found this page:

http://www.reallusion.com/press/contentstore_memberrecall/DMT/150915_3dxpipeline_upgrade/default_email.html

But if you add the $99 offer to your cart, well.... try it :D

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My system: i7 3770 Gtx1060 6GB

You can actually use any key file with any model.

Same page as i went to. My link didnt get the actual page. Stupid iPad LOL

OK here is another of my opinions and again, it is just my opinion
The Most important thing about creating your own models is that it needs to be something you enjoy doing.
It takes time and effort to make this stuff. Yes CC makes it easier than it used to be but there is still a lot of time and effort and problem solving.
It is cheaper to make your own when you only consider money and ignore the time and effort required.
If thats something you enjoy doing then i for one highly encourage it.

i7-3770 3.4GHz CPU 16 GB Ram   
GeForce GTX1080 TI 11GB
Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Yeah,  I just do it for a hobby,  and am stoked to be making stuff in Blender again. I submitted a ticket,  I imagine I will be able to upgrade and this will be smooth sailing after that,  just a matter of time and money. I'm disabled,  so I have a lot of the former,  not much at all of the latter. 

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I should elaborate more on the FBX key. If you downloaded the FBX templates from RL, they can be imported using one-another's keys. I think you only hit a DRM problem when exporting licensed content and using a non-matching key. So there are three keys you can use for anything you import from Blender. :)

So, maybe you can import your custom OBJ into Blender and weight it just like clothing to the existing model. Then delete the original body mesh. I would guess that Blender has a way to transfer that data by vertex rather than proximity, thus insuring an "exact" weighting.

FWIW, I was able to apparently get the weight transferred to a new mesh, but when importing into CC I get 'critical, missing the designated mesh' so I am still missing something. 

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The names of the meshes and materials must be identical to the originals. CC is very particular that way. In Blender, double-click on the names that need correcting in the Outliner and set them to the original names. Then it should work.

Yeah, I think everything is renamed correctly everywhere, but still no go. Have you done this before? I'm just wondering if anyone has seen the light at the end of the tunnel yet :)



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I've had to correct names before when I inadvertently ended up with numbers following the names. Check your bone names too.

All I can say is, after a long long time fooling around trying to get this to work: I wanna buy Pipeline. Even if I can get this to work, it certainly isn't as elegant as having FBX export. I'm really scratching my head at the lack of a Pipeline upgrade path in the store. 

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My system: i7 3770 Gtx1060 6GB