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Browse this wiki to find out everything you need to know about how to download, build and use Daz Max Bridge.
- To find out what this project is, read the Introduction below.
- To begin using DazMaxBridge, read the Installation and Getting Started guides.
- If you want to know how it all fits together look at the Overview page.
- To begin working on DazMaxBridge, see the Building DazMaxBridge page.
What is the purpose of this project?
To enable the use of Daz assets in 3DS Max quickly and easily.
Why is it needed?
Interchange formats are limited, by their design (e.g. OBJ - no skinning data) or implementation (e.g. FBX - buggy) making the transfer of assets time consuming and frustrating.
What does it do?
Take a set of props or figures from Daz, and create counterparts in Max, complete with all world transforms, morphs, and materials which operate in Max just how they did in Daz.
How does it do it?
By providing bespoke plugins for both tools that are highly coupled for maximum efficiency and robustness, both to eachother and their host applications, enabling the quick transfer of data between the two.
How do I use it?
- Start Daz, create or load your asset. The plugin runs in the background waiting for its counterpart so thats all there is to do!
- Load Max, and open the Daz Bridge Utility.
- Press Update All and watch your assets appear!
What does it consist of?
- A plugin for Daz
- A plugin for Max
What can't it do (yet)?
- Allow editing of morphs or pose in Max
- Transfer advanced hair and cloth systems
- Transfer joint deformation controllers
- Transfer rigging
- Transfer smoothing parameters (geometry is smoothed, but Max with default settings)
- Create subsurface scattering materials
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- When creating mental ray Arch & Design materials the materials do not appear correctly in the viewport until a render begins. (Downgraded from a bug because the materials do show up eventually on their own without rendering.)
- DazExporterPlugin will not build in debug mode because there is an undefined reference to a Qt method which for some reason can only be found in release. (Downgraded from a bug because it doesn't affect usage and it doesn't have any affect at runtime.)
- Create HSS materials for skin
- Automatic updates from Daz
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P.S. Do you know what version of Max you need?