Shell export OBJ material tags

tz2016

When I export a character with a shell layer because the main body and the shell have the same naming of the surfaces the shell layers material tags get overwritten. To avoid this I renamed the surfaces on the main character but after a save and reopen the shell layer takes on these new surface names.

I there a way around this? To get the shell independent surface names?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Richard Haseltine

Have you tried the current Public beta?

tz2016

No do you think that might fix the issue? 

Richard Haseltine

theocook said:

No do you think that might fix the issue? 

The 118 build lists, in the Change Log http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/change_log#private_channel

Fixed an OBJ export issue when more than one object used the same material name

tz2016

Ok amazing will try now. I never installed a beta, does it install alongside? Can I downgrade if any problems?

Thanks so much

Richard Haseltine

The Beta has to be installed via Install Manager, it runs alongside the release build (and does have its own settings in many respects) so they should not interfere.

tz2016

Thank you, got the beta and problem solved. Now OBJ has tags amended with the layer name.