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Alembic Import/Export MD to iClone FPS: 30 or 60? ... and more.

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Alembic Import/Export MD to iClone FPS: 30 or 60? ... and more.

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There... a while ago I had a disagreement with one forum user, who said it's not technically possible to import 60 fps simulation into iClone from Marvelous Designer and have a decent result.
Well, he was partially right.
Being fairly new to MD, I've done lots of testing recently and posted some of my work: https://forum.reallusion.com/FindPost476819.aspx
Today I am saying that you CAN import 60fps simulation into iClone and even have it rendered with 60fps without mismatch between pose and garment (I still wish to hear what others with more experience say).
But at the same time, I strongly discourage doing so and recommend only simulate/render @30fps. Here is why:

All this time I was wondering why my simulations are coming a bit stiff and do not look as *natural* as they supposed to given selected materials and simulation settings.
Apparently, that is because I was kept pushing those 60 fps simulations - WRONG!
MD would give you a lousy simulation if you try to force it to simulate @60fps.

Here is a compassion test. I pulled my old project and simulated the skirt in MD with the SAME material and simulation property settings - 60 and 30 fps.
I specifically selected a material (cotton-stretched-velvet), which should bare an extremely dynamic simulation.

This is 60 FPS simulation in MD and 60 FPS render in iClone



I mean it looks OK, but that's about it.

And now 30 FPS simulation in MD and 30 FPS render in iClone



Totally different story. That is how stretched velvet should probably behave in real live given animation dynamics.

Does that mean MD is not ready for prime time 60 FPS simulation? Apparently so.

Next time I'd share share some tips for someone new to MD, Alembic import/export and simulating non-native MD garments (those are your ordinary CC cloths, which you'd like to simulated in MD)







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Forum Post Alembic Import/Export MD to iClone FPS: 30 or 60? ... and more. By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Also 60fps takes longer to simulate...right? Here are my 30fps CC3.4... By StyleMarshal ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Bassline303 (3/28/2021)[/b][hr]Also 60fps takes longer to... By Dorothy Jean ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Simulation is done in MD and imported as Alembic :) By StyleMarshal ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post How have you handled animations not aligning in Unreal? I'm using the... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post How have you handled animations not aligning in Unreal? I'm using the... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Yes, absolutely. It takes twice as long and totally useless. Even when... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Thank you 4u2ges :) , I like the new MD function to swap the cloth... By StyleMarshal ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Oh, you can *hot* swap it between different characters? How? By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post [YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NjCNZxcYtk[/YouTube] By StyleMarshal ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post That is so cool! Thanks for sharing :) By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post OK, I promised some tips and then forgot about it. dummyyzz99 in... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]4u2ges (4/15/2021)[/b][hr]OK, I promised some tips and then... By helielfilmz ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post The earrings physics you see in the video is totally different from... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]4u2ges (4/16/2021)[/b][hr]The earrings physics you see in... By helielfilmz ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post I was asked on YT a few times for simulations tutorial. So here is a... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post I see that your just importing the Alembic File into IClone without... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Maybe the better question to ask...Does anyone have a solid resource... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]krant (5/16/2021)[/b][hr]I see that your just importing the... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post I am importing an obj. of the garment into Iclone. It is a prop in the... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Second version of DAZ Burqa simulation. A bit more dynamic and... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post haha , I see you got your Camel :D Thy cloth sim looks great & funny... By StyleMarshal ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Thanks Bassline :) By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Can you share OBJ and ABC via google drive, or any other cloud? You... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post I just tired with MD instead of CLO. Same message. I'll share the... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post I just tired with MD instead of CLO. Same message. I'll share the... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post OK Katie, here is a story... Your MD export is perfectly fine... By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Oh ok, strange. It's making geometry out of a texture file in CLO3d.... By krant ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post You are welcome :) By 4u2ges ( 4 Years Ago )
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