I'm fairly new to iClone, so not sure if iClone can do this, or if I would need a script. When I used Poser, I would import mocap data onto a figure via BVH, which worked fairly well, but the data I was working with contained side-to-side motion on the forearms, which is unnatural--that kind of rotation happens in the "twist" of the shoulder in the real world.  I had a Python script that would take the side-to-side data from the forearms (and delete it there) and add it to any already-existing "twist" values (in both positive and negative values) on the shoulders (rather than replace it) so none of the motion would be lost, just moved. Does anybody know if iClone can do something like this natively, or if there is a Python script for iClone that could do this, or might it be possible to adapt the Python script I have to work with iClone?

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You might be able to mod your Python script to do this -- all the functions you need are there (but bone data in general isn't the easiest to work with in iClone Python).

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Thanks , Kellytoons. I should have been clearer, however, that I didn't write the script I had for Poser--it was written for me by Phil C (who made a lot of scripts for Poser, but seems to be out of the game now). I've fiddled around the edges of bits of code here and there, but I don't think I'd be up to the task of "modding" (if that's the correct term) this script to work with iClone. Do you think this is the kind of thing I could hire a developer here on this site to do?

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I can't speak for other devs but for me it always comes down to how useful such a script would be, both to myself and others.

This sounds like an edge case situation -- I've never heard of anyone having the problems you're having -- so it wouldn't interest me at all.  Perhaps you could find some folks who wanted that original Python script (I assume on the Poser forum?) and see if any of them there are interested.  By and large nearly all BVH data comes in just fine through 3DX into iClone.

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Thanks, that makes sense about usefulness. There aren't a lot of iClone/Daz animators, period, let alone ones seeking a solution like this. In my case, at least, I'm now using Optitrack mocap bvh on Daz figures (using 3DX and iClone), and it's always had a problem with the forearm rotation (with or without 3DX), and I get the same problem with files from iClone and even Mixamo files: side-to-side motion in the forearm. The arms look like they are moving okay--the hands are in the right place, etc.--but the elbow gets twisted. It's not as noticeable in a figure with clothing with sleeves, but a bare elbow looks twisted and doesn't get the clean "point" when it bends. It also makes it difficult to adjust the forearms, since they don't bend logically if they're twisted. I think I've found a workaround (which is pretty much my whole workflow--maybe I should call it a "workaroundflow") where I can use 3DX to export a bvh to Poser, use my Poser script to fix the arms, then transfer the arm motion over to Daz. A little kludgy, but...

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Something like this script should do what you are looking for:

import RLPy

RLPy.RGlobal.Stop()

print("Get Rope Object")
avatar = RLPy.RScene.GetSelectedObjects()[0]

print("Get Bones")
motion_bones = avatar.GetSkeletonComponent().GetMotionBones()

print("Create clip")
clip = avatar.GetSkeletonComponent().AddClip(RLPy.RGlobal.GetTime())

frame = 0

bone = bone[0]
clip.GetControl("Layer", bone).GetDataBlock().GetControl("Rotation/RotationX").GetValues(RLPy.RTime(frame/60*1000, RLPy.kMilliseconds), rotX)
clip.GetControl("Layer", bone).GetDataBlock().GetControl("Rotation/RotationY").GetValues(RLPy.RTime(frame/60*1000, RLPy.kMilliseconds), rotY)
clip.GetControl("Layer", bone).GetDataBlock().GetControl("Rotation/RotationZ").GetValues(RLPy.RTime(frame/60*1000, RLPy.kMilliseconds), rotZ)

bone = bone[1]
clip.GetControl("Layer", bone).GetDataBlock().GetControl("Rotation/RotationX").SetValue(RLPy.RTime(frame/60*1000, RLPy.kMilliseconds), rotX)
clip.GetControl("Layer", bone).GetDataBlock().GetControl("Rotation/RotationY").SetValue(RLPy.RTime(frame/60*1000, RLPy.kMilliseconds), rotY)
clip.GetControl("Layer", bone).GetDataBlock().GetControl("Rotation/RotationZ").SetValue(RLPy.RTime(frame/60*1000, RLPy.kMilliseconds), rotZ)

You may have to fine tune it because I did not get a chance to try it but it should give you a rough idea of how the script should go.

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