So you got to iClone 5, and so far there is no export for geometry nor animation?
You have pretty cool tools for capturing and editing animation in iClone, I think an FBX animation exporter would be really useful. Personally, I wouldn't need that animation inside iClone, but I would be interested to use it as a mocap tool, as long as I can export the animation.

So pleeeeaaaase, stop thinking linearly and iClone-centric and realize that it's essential for people to be able to move content from one app to another! Maybe someone wants to capture movement with iClone, take that animation to Motion Builder for editing and then bring it back. Or maybe you have a problem and exporting and reimporting geometry in a very simple format like obj can get rid of your problem. Etc.

just thought I'd quote you before you delete this
like all the other threads as I try to search the forum for answers now I HAVE 3dx4 (got it a few weeks ago).
Love it btw, it does support Carrara rigging and nonhuman avatars rigged in Carrara using the developer pack Maya fbx DO use iClone animation.
Nothing against MAX btw, just not in my budget.
Not sure why you were offended and took this action
thought of a personal message but would prefer this was out in the open so all parties concerned would know the reasons and make ammends.
And yes. to the original poster
I would love this feature too!
Might even buy the plugin and a kinect if it were possible.
Ipisoft is somewhat dearer and the other alternative for mocap btw.

My 2 peneth worth ..

Right now Iclone is still a very closed program RL want props and motions just to be used in Iclone itself. I think this may be a error for RL in the long run. DAz has a much more open program and has a result has much much much more content to sell than RL does . This in turn reduces the price of content and attracts more sales. RL do not have has much content so prices are high. This may make content buyers look more at Daz content that can be easily brought into Iclone over RLs Iclone content which can not be good for RL.

Just my thoughts ....



I Make My Mates Do The CanCan For The Amusement Of Killer Robots

yep, ipisoft is a cool mocap solution. just not realtime. which is why I was curious to see what iclone can do with a kinect. unfortunately, if there is no export... it wouldn't help me very much :]

I thought iPisoft had an option that worked with Kinect?

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yes it does.
but as i said, it's not realtime. far from it. in fact, it's a very slow process. all the realtime kinect-based solutions (or any kind of cheap mocap solution for that matter) that i found are a mess, so i'm looking for something decent.