SIMS 4 STUDIO BLENDER UV MAP HOW TO

Good job Wulfie СЂСџВР‰ Edited Maby OptimoMaximoР”Вo you have suggestions on an even more optimal workflow? (Also could you remove most/all of your quote? It's pretty redundant and makes the page longer, lol.)Р”В®verything up to the shape-keying took literally less than 5 minutes. That's why it's a beneficial process: easier and smoother Rigging, easier and straightforward removal of excess geometry for LoDs and less render complexity once imported to SL. How long did your method take? Five, ten minutes? It takes a little longer to make LoDs for sure, but it's easy with clean topology like that. This is why I'm so adamant in saying that retopoing a garment from MD is not only trivial, it's beneficial to the overall product quality. Just remind the reader to get rid of any left over modifiers and or shape keys, should they have any. And it's WAY easier to rig properly with that new geometry than that mess the original mesh featured. This method is still far from optimal, BUT it's a HUGE step forward in comparison to the raw MD export. Hopefully I got far enough to be helpful to those who need it most.Р”Р‡rankly, I understand the 'it takes a lot of work to optimize' argument even less now. I tried rigging it, but I did not use an appropriate dummy (or even a T-pose) and I don't have the focus/motivation to learn another big new thing within the day.

SIMS 4 STUDIO BLENDER UV MAP HOW TO

This whole process, including learning how to use MD and reading several tutorials, took me one morning/day. These are the remesh/quad exports side-by-side: Remesh will do most of the work for you, but you'll still need to clean up some random triangles. Marvelous Designer 9 also has a 'Remesh' feature in the same place. In Marvelous Designer, when you've selected all of your clothing pieces, go to the Property Editor (underР’В Miscellaneous)Р’В and set 'Mesh Type' to 'Quad' before exporting anything. I also created some new geometry to hide gaps between the cloth and body, and rearranged the UV. Now you should just need to apply the modifier, Remove Doubles and merge the edges together where needed. (Unless you created a new object for the retopo.) Your retopo'd mesh should have the same UV layout as the 2D layout in Marvelous Designer. Your retopo'd mesh should now perfectly align with the original MD cloth. Select the MD shape key and set 'Value' to 1 Make Retopo overlap with MD, you're done! (almost) Select the MD shape key (Object Data tab)Р’В and make sure 'Value' is at 0Р”Р„dd the Surface Deform modifier to Retopo, with MD-Flat as the target, and bind it Select MD, then MD-Flat, then use the command 'Join as Shapes' Make sure your edges have a matching number of verts, you'll merge them together later. Rename the simulated model to 'MD' and the flat model to 'MD-Flat'Р”Вuplicate MD-Flat and rename it to 'Retopo' Right-click your cloth in MD's 3D view, select 'Reset 2D Arrangement (Selected)'Р”В®xport the cloth model again with the same settings Make sure your export settings are set to:.Here's what I'm gonna use for my example:Р”В®xport the simulated cloth model (Export > OBJ)

I'm going to write a little tutorial for exporting a piece of clothing from MD into Blender so you can further optimize/retopo it.Р”Вisclaimer: This is my first time using MD or creating any kind of clothing. So I got Marvelous Designer this morningР’В out of curiosity and.

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