I've been invited to start working on Poser tools for the latest version of Blender.
The overall goal is a set of tools for importing and exporting of Poser and DAZ Studio based characters
and props.
I plan on starting with a prop importer and then an exporter as a stepping stone for
the more difficult character importer and exporter.
The tools will be available for free. I hope to get started as soon as possible
keeping everyone posted with progress reports along the way.
Even with all of the changes and the conversion to python 3, I'm hoping my experience
with the earlier version of the tools will help things move a long a little smoother.
Links to the current work in progress will be give once they are ready.
Check out my daily progress reports here:
Donations to this project are as always, greatly appreciated and are handled through
my company, HEB Ventures, LLC.
Happy Blending!!
- Scott.
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Poser Prop Importer:
Goals:
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Progress:
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Check / Set / Save Poser content directory location.
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Load Prop file and sort data.
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Create mesh from internal / external data.
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Create materials / load and apply textures.
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Deal with bad data / directory info in prop file.
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Bug fixes / upgrades
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Create UI for end user.Not really needed for importing
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Poser Prop Exporter:
Goals:
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Progress:
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Check / Set / Save Poser content directory location.
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Save images to correct directory.
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Create & save prop file from mesh and material data.
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Create UI for end user.
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Bug fixes / upgrades
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Poser Character Importer goals:
Goals:
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Progress:
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Check / Set / Save Poser content directory location.
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Load Character File (CR2) and sort data.
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Deal with bad data from file.
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Build mesh from data.
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Build armature from data.
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Load textures & build materials from data.
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Weight Paint solution.
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Load Morphs (Shape Keys) (Optional).
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Load poses (Optional).
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Create UI for end user.
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Poser Character Exporter goals:
Goals:
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Progress:
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Check / Set / Save Poser content directory location.
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Save texture images to correct directory.
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Create & save character file from mesh, material and armature data.
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Create Morph file for shape keys.
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Create Pose file for armature poses.
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Create UI for end user.
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Library Browser:
Goals:
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Progress:
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Check / Set / Save Poser content directory location. (Not Needed)
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Display folders / props / characters / etc to import.
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Display thumb nails / default image.
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= Not in progress
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= Completed.
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