DAZ|Studio is a free software application that allows you to easily create beautiful digital art. You can use this software to load in people, animals, vehicles, buildings, props, and accessories to create digital scenes.

DAZ|Studio can export 3D scenes as OBJ files which can be easily converted into iClone VNS format with 3DXchange. The exported OBJ file contains still meshes only. If there are animations, only the snapshot of the current frame will be exported. See the Application Export Data Compatibility Table for detailed supported attributes information.

How to convert 3D objects from DAZ|Studio to iClone through 3DXchange?

Step 1. Prepare the scene in DAZ|Studio.

Run DAZ|Studio.

Apply contents, pose the figure and arrange the scene as you want.

* Notice: most of the Poser/DAZ models comprise tens of thousands of polygons which are not optimized for real-time rendering environment like iClone, so keep your scene as simple and light as possible.

Instead of exporting a whole scene, we suggest you export one figure or one prop at a time and save them as separate files.

Step 2. Export the scene

Select File>Export... to export the scene.

Choose Wavefront Object (*.obj) file type. 

In the "Export" dialog box, set the options as follows:

*Notice: in the "Write Groups" option, choosing "Use Figure Name(s)" will make the figure model a single node. This is good for smoothing and removing any seams on the model surfaces, but take longer time to load and process in 3DXchange.

The other two, "Use Node Name(s)" and "Use Surface Name(s)", setting will export the figure into multiple nodes. The loading will be faster when the same face counts are shared by multiple nodes, but there will be visible seams between mesh nodes.

Click "Accept" to export the obj.

Check the designated folder, you will find not only the obj file is there, the accompanying mtl file and a folder name "Maps" containing texture image files are also there.

Step 3. Convert obj into iClone vns format

Run iClone 3DXchange.

Load the exported obj file. It may take a few minutes to process the mesh data if the model has a huge polygon count.

The model position and size should look correct, but the mesh surfaces are faceted. That is because the obj file from DAZ|Studio lacks smooth group information.

To smooth the surfaces, select the node(s) then click "Auto Smooth" button.

Before "Auto Smooth"	After "Auto Smooth"

Adjust the color or specularity if needed.

If the result looks satisfactory, choose File>Export or click the "Export iClone File" buttom to export the vns file.

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