Thanks for that info, but i think the hood i purchased from marketplace must not be made very well.
The verts are still all over the place so I may have to look into DAZ. 
Is the hood a purchased item if so is it easy to find? Never used DAZ before so it looks likeit may be another software Ill have to look into and see if its feasable to use that instead of maya and Blender.Im definitely not very good with either of those but i did find a tutorial using Maya for the morph positions but again i  dont know how to use it so I didnt try it. But I do think the hood is the problem. ANd your hood would suit my character just as good if not better.
Thanks for the help.

If i purchased this hood from the DAZ sight would i be able to use it in iclone if i put it into CC3 and created it as an accessory and then turned it into cloth in the usual way
Not sure what the format would come as. (e.g. obj, fbx etc)

That Hood IS from Daz and brought over via Transformer into CC3.

You can use almost any Daz item in iClone but if you have any doubts at all about it let me know and I can check it out (since I have most of what is available from Daz or at least can get it).  That particular hood I used had the morphs already and it's hard to find that - I checked out at least five others that did not.  But if Mr. G is correct then it's just a matter of getting a "good" mesh and nearly all of them from Daz are (so you could create your own).

Check out the Daz site and type in "Hood" or "Hoodie" and you'll see the dozens that are available.

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

whats transformer? never heard of that. 


ooohhhhppppssss!!!!!!! found it its at the top of CC3 to the right but never used it thats why i didnt know what it was
LOL
The Daz hood im looking at is this one
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-hooded-outfit-for-genesis-8-females
Im assuming thats the one I need to buy.

Yeah, that's the one I was using.  As I said, it probably needs you to create one more morph between the up and down morphs it has, but it shouldn't be difficult.

If you get it and get stuck using it let me know (when using Daz make sure you export the morphs in the FBX.  I have tutorials showing this process.  Then they come over with the clothing using Transformer).

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

I just wanted to thank you for spending so much time trying to be helpful and giving such a detailed and hence useful response.  

Thank you so much for your help. I did figure it out (sort of) by using Maya instead of blender. Im not very good with maya but i looked at a couple of tutorials that helped.
BUT. now i have fallen in love with your hood accessory so I have purchased it and will now look at trying to get it into iclone. Ill have to look into DAZ has their seems to be loads of items I can use so it would be beneficial to look into getting it. 
I may need to take you up on your offer for some help on how to get the hood into iclone but ill look at it as soon as I can.

Many many thanks again for your help you are a Diamond

Nick

Hi bro Im really sorry to be a pain. I think you said you have or have seen a tutorial on how to get the hood from DAZ into iclone. I have now installed DAZ (Pretty impressed i must say) and bought the hood outfit. 
But because Im unsure of how to use DAZ i cant figure out how to get it into Iclone so I can morph it. 
I dont know if you morphed it in DAZ and also the way i bought it into CC3 the materials didnt come over with it, which is unfortunate because I kind of liked that texture.
If you could help me out with a tutorial to get it from DAZ into iclone and morph it, I would be for ever in your debt. 
Becasue DAZ clothes are pretty good, i'm gonna be buying loads in the future and this step would be crucial for my current and new projects.

I cant thank you enough for your help so far. Definitely going in the right direction now.
Thank you
Nick

Hi Kelleytoons. Just wanted to let you know my progress. I couldnt figure out DAZ morphs so i imported it into maya and did the morph stages theiras I have tried in the past.
Ill leave you a little animation to show my problems.
1. Obviously for some reason the textures didnt come in which i would like
2. When i brought it into CC3 and iclone 7 I had to ajust some weight issues that didnt work
3. and overall the verts look very faceted whereas yours lookd smooth and clean
Your images were the bomb and looked just like what i needed  so any help would be appreciated.

Test Video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DePH0HDI0KZ3yGlmryvlSD2mcyEGKGz/view?usp=sharing

Avatar file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCqa11g-4M0j8s2wI4czE02xVu0s6YD1/view?usp=sharing

Mnay thanks for looking at it if you can

Morphs are pretty good.

To smooth the mesh use Modify > Edit Normals > AutoSmooh in Character Creator while hood is selected.

Now the bad... The mesh got ripped at the bottom. Not sure how you managed to do that :)
You probably want to redo it...

Mike should be able explain the rest related to DAZ...