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[Released] Thickener plugin [commercial]

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  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 2,339
    edited August 2021

    Grabbed mine! Hopefully we'll get our serial numbers sometime today as I have weekend plans for this plug-in.

    Thanks,

    Walt Sterdan

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 97,021

    Reported the missing serial numbers.

  • NelmiNelmi Posts: 38

    Caught my eye immediately! Can the thickener plugin be used on different material zones only? For example, I want thickness to the shirt at a low value and more thickness to the collar. Is it possible?

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,337

    Is the thickened product suitable for 3D printing? Can we use this plugin to prepare our item for home 3D printing instead of relying on the Game Print service?

  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,382

    Hi!

    I already reported this issue to Daz. But, if you can fill a ticked, it would be helpful.

     

  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,382

    mcorr said:

    this product targets owners of GESCON, but they get no discount .... NOT good.

    Thickener is useful for owners of Gescon (and owners of of FLUIDOS and Parsis, by the way),  but it's a product of much more general purpose.

  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,382

    Nelmi said:

    Caught my eye immediately! Can the thickener plugin be used on different material zones only? For example, I want thickness to the shirt at a low value and more thickness to the collar. Is it possible?

    No, the thickness value is for all the object. 

  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,382

    Charlie Judge said:

    Is the thickened product suitable for 3D printing? Can we use this plugin to prepare our item for home 3D printing instead of relying on the Game Print service?

    I'm not sure because I didn't try the 3D printing. But, if you can print a close-mesh object, then you could print an object produced by the plugin.

  • Ryuu@AMcCFRyuu@AMcCF Posts: 621
    edited August 2021

    SWEEEETTT!! laugh

    Thanks, Alvin! I bought it this morning the instant I saw it, and I know EXACTLY what I'm going to use this for--the moment the serial number issue gets resolved....

    Are you familiar with the visual effect created for the old Star Trek Animated "life support field belts"?

    That's what I am planning to do with these guys:

    image

    Right now, they are NOT using your thickener product. I was having to do each character's body parts piece by piece to create the effect I wanted--and as you can probably imagine, it's a mind-blowingly tedious process!

    The instant the serial number shows up in my account, I'm upgrading EVERYBODY! laugh This is going to be FREAKING AWESOME!! THANKS!!!

    BTW, this same project I'm doing this for is making use of another of your products:

    image

    Gescon is being used to show the sphere getting ripped appart! cheeky

     

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  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,337

    Alberto said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    Is the thickened product suitable for 3D printing? Can we use this plugin to prepare our item for home 3D printing instead of relying on the Game Print service?

    I'm not sure because I didn't try the 3D printing. But, if you can print a close-mesh object, then you could print an object produced by the plugin.

    Thanks. I supect it may work for 3D printing. The requirement is that it be a "watertight" (i.e. no gaps) closed mesh. 

  • SlickSHWartSlickSHWart Posts: 14

    Just checked the serials on my account page and Thickener is there now.

  • PhatmartinoPhatmartino Posts: 287

    Awesome, this prompted me to check and yes, all good now. Thanks for this, Alberto. Can't wait to use Thickener a ton!!

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,142

    YAY! Serial has arrived! Time to play!! laugh

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,714

    Time to purchase then.

    I'm interested what results folks have.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,142

    I might be doing something wrong, but I'm not seeing any difference on dynamic cloth, no matter how thick I make it.

    Laurie

  • thd777thd777 Posts: 932
    edited August 2021

    Very nice so far. Easy to use and fast. Here is one quick example. Paperthin socks transformed to something that looks quite nice and more realistc.

    Ciao

    TD

     

    Default

    And after Thickener treatment

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    Socks thickend.png
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  • thd777thd777 Posts: 932
    edited August 2021

    AllenArt said:

    I might be doing something wrong, but I'm not seeing any difference on dynamic cloth, no matter how thick I make it.

    Laurie

    @AllenArt  Select the dynamic Thickened Object (What ever you called it) and then go to parameters and enable the mesher under "Thickener Mesher"

    Ciao

    TD

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,142
    edited August 2021

    thd777 said:

    AllenArt said:

    I might be doing something wrong, but I'm not seeing any difference on dynamic cloth, no matter how thick I make it.

    Laurie

    @AllenArt  Select the dynamic Thickened Object (What ever you called it) and then go to parameters and enable the mesher under "Thickener Mesher"

    Ciao

    TD

    Thanks! :)

    Edit: Thanks a bunch! I was trying to do everything in the script window...pfft. LOL cheeky

     

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,146

    Those socks look awesome.  This will be handy indeed!  

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,142

    Oh, I am loving this :D

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 23,176
    AllenArt said:

    Oh, I am loving this :D

    That looks great!
  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,142

    barbult said:

    AllenArt said:

    Oh, I am loving this :D

    That looks great!

    I think the trick - for me anyway - will be to fight the urge to make it TOO thick. All it needs to look good in a lot of cases is just that really thin edge and it does look really good :). Makes all the difference with those paper-thin dforce clothes. I'll probably never use dforce without this anymore. LOL 

  • skinklizzardskinklizzard Posts: 218

    AllenArt said:

    barbult said:

    AllenArt said:

    Oh, I am loving this :D

    That looks great!

    I think the trick - for me anyway - will be to fight the urge to make it TOO thick. All it needs to look good in a lot of cases is just that really thin edge and it does look really good :). Makes all the difference with those paper-thin dforce clothes. I'll probably never use dforce without this anymore. LOL 

    wait too thick ? who doesn't want a 1cm thick tank top ? in all seriousness though this makes me want to try a thick angora jersey or such

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,142
    edited August 2021

    skinklizzard said:

    AllenArt said:

    barbult said:

    AllenArt said:

    Oh, I am loving this :D

    That looks great!

    I think the trick - for me anyway - will be to fight the urge to make it TOO thick. All it needs to look good in a lot of cases is just that really thin edge and it does look really good :). Makes all the difference with those paper-thin dforce clothes. I'll probably never use dforce without this anymore. LOL 

    wait too thick ? who doesn't want a 1cm thick tank top ? in all seriousness though this makes me want to try a thick angora jersey or such

    I was gonna try a thick sweater next. LOL  And by too thick, I meant too thick for the material that I'm trying to illustrate ;).

     

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  • skinklizzardskinklizzard Posts: 218

    This dress probably didn't need the thickening so much as some of the other things I've made and I think I lost some of the bump detail with my lighting

    but all in all I like how the thickiner worked on this

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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,142

    A nice, thick fleecy poncho :)

    skinklizzard: depending on the angle, it can be hard to tell if the thickener is there or not :).

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  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,382

    Charlie Judge said:

    Alberto said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    Is the thickened product suitable for 3D printing? Can we use this plugin to prepare our item for home 3D printing instead of relying on the Game Print service?

    I'm not sure because I didn't try the 3D printing. But, if you can print a close-mesh object, then you could print an object produced by the plugin.

    Thanks. I supect it may work for 3D printing. The requirement is that it be a "watertight" (i.e. no gaps) closed mesh. 

    Indeed, the thickened objects' mesh is watertight.

  • AlbertoAlberto Posts: 1,382

    I like your thickened images! yes

    Thanks to all of you for your support!

  • skinklizzardskinklizzard Posts: 218
    edited August 2021

    so turns out there really is a too thick

    I present the furry plastic/rubber jersey

    also a new character and pose because I neglected the save function and DS didn't like my fur attempts the first time round.

    also of note you need to be carefull of thickening too much when geometry folds over itself, originally had the polo neck clipping through itself and I haven't done enough experimenting to know how or if I can get around that.

     

    Next up I'm going to try thicken dforce addons to get selective garment thickening.

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  • marblemarble Posts: 7,449

    I'm really tempted to buy this now (and I never buy on initial release - I always wait for sales). However, I've been complaining for years about zero-thick cloth and this seems to be the answer. I too would have liked it to be selective in that different material surfaces could have different thinkness but still, I'm sorely tempted.

    One further question though - would it help with poke-through. I am constanly frustrated when I seem to have dialled-out the poke through on a garment only to find that the HD surface pokes through when rendered. That wastes a lot of time.

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