Hi j-wag,


Let me know if this help demystify things?



All the best

Alan M

Alan, Have a question, do you cover character movement from one room to another room, like in a house, gallery or museum where the scene/set changes completely? Would love to see a tutorial on that if one exists. Thanks John

Hi John,
Nice to hear from you.



I did not cover such a scenario in the iClone 6 Fundamentals course.  There was only so much we could fit into that course and as such it hit 51 hours as it stands.  We also had to take a call on what would be regarded as an advanced topic, so at the end of the day we could not cover everything.

If the connection between the two rooms you suggest in your scenario happens to be an open arch then there is no issue, you just build you set like that and walk the character through the opening.  If it is the case that there is a door between the two volumes then you have to be able to open the door.  Some prop doors that you can buy from the MarketPlace contain built in animation for opening and closing that can be trigger with the Props Perform menu.  But if the door is bespoke and you have brought it into iClone via 3DXchange then you have to set it up to be key-frame animatable.  That requires a knowledge of 3DX or your coure 3D application where you got the prop from.

It is not a trivial thing to put in a tutorial, certainly not for free I am afraid.  I have already had requests for further paid tutorials and the going consensus is a desire for a Substance Painter/Designer to iClone pipeline for props.

Sorry I cannot be more positive.

all the best

Alan M

Alan, Thanks for your reply and I guess I know which way, through an arch! Thanks again. John

Alan,
Thanks so much for the course. I picked up iclone a while ago and tried to go thru the training material that was around and boy did they needed some proper journeyman structure.
Anyway they didn't work.
I'm in the middle of your courses and I think they're great so thank you!!
D

Thank you for sorting out the Heidi dress issue!

David greetings,

Many thanks for the kind comments, I really appreciate it. 

I am about to post a thread that will cover some issue with errors in delivery of the course.  We had some early issues most of which should have bee addressed by RL but I am still getting the odd query saying something is still missing.

I will ping you when that new thread is up and running and let you know.

But in the interim enjoy the course and I hope if you have viewed all of this topic and thread you will realise I am here to help and support those who have bought the course.  So do not feel afraid to post a question for me.

All the best





Alan M

Hey j-wag,

As always you are very welcome, I always wish to help people to understand how iClone works so I will always post here and I will do me best to help.

All the best for now

Alan M

Congratulation on a Great Video Series. 

I have a question. I have the DAZ3D Warehouse and I have tried importing into 3dExchange. I have tried exporting in FBX and OBJ format. In FBX format Exhange fails and aborts. In OBJ format it works but some of the textures are damaged in the Iclone Prop. 

Is there any way to post a tutorial on how to take the Prop from DAZ3D to Iclone?? I have not finished the tutorials yet but I looked around for a tutorials within the video series and I have not seen it. If it was included, could you let me know where is it??

Thank you...
Pedro Otero

Hey Pedro,

I had a question like this before.  The first thing to note is that there was never a tutorial on how to do this as when we made the course we did not want to force people to buy this asset from the Daz3D market place.  So I made that proxy model that was provided with the course materials to allow people to complete the training.  I do not make any mention in the tutorials that we would do a video regarding this.

Having said that I have had other people buy this asset and they were not 100% sure how to do the transfer.  I made this video that I posted on my YouTube channel to help the last person that asked for assistance.

Let me know if it helps?  If you are still stuck then please come back here and I will try to assist further.



All the best


Alan M