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DS Format Products That Import To Carrara. Or Not.

Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,241
in Carrara Discussion

I've had mixed luck with DAZ products in DS format importing to Carrara.  Some work well, maybe without the lights, but certainly useable.  Others don't show any geometry at all.  I dunno why.  This is a first pass, I'll add more as I test. I'm sure someone will point out  what I'm missing, if anything.  Anyway ...

Products that work:

Toymaker Workshop

Steampunk Helicopter (Can't Move Parts)

Victorian Medical Equipment

Toilet Paper On Floor

Do Not Work:

Library Bluson

Police Station Interior

Detective Room

Cyberpunk Launderette

Security Gatehouse

 

 

 

Comments

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,113

    lots of DS products use instances and emitters

    Carrara equivalents are replicators and glow channels

    usually all the textures have to be adjusted, UV mapping unticked ect...

    for opening and closing stuff you need to do manually not by the sliders or the product needs to be changed to blended weight. surprise

    and some products no matter what you do just won't work.. like the curiosity mars rover. frown

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,289
    edited November 2023

    if all else fails I export obj from DAZ studio

    I have Totte's plugin too https://www.daz3d.com/instances-to-objects

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,688

    Steve K said:

    I've had mixed luck with DAZ products in DS format importing to Carrara.  Some work well, maybe without the lights, but certainly useable.  Others don't show any geometry at all.  I dunno why.  This is a first pass, I'll add more as I test. I'm sure someone will point out  what I'm missing, if anything.  Anyway ...

    Products that work:

    Steampunk Helicopter (Can't Move Parts) - Converted to blended weight in DAZ Studio, saved as Scene Subset, was able to rotate rotors when opened in Carrara

    Do Not Work:

    Security Gatehouse - opened in Carrara, tried Blended Weight conversion in DAZ Studio, movement morphs still not working in Carrara. As Wendy said export as obj from DAZ Studio

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,289
    edited November 2023

    those Aurelio NY sets remain my bane in Carrara

    load perfectly won't save

    I have at least found a workaround for the obj exports exploding

    select and parent everything in place to a null (not keeping hierachy) the problem is they have mixed parenting

    look in this thread for a better idea of what works in Carrara and how to fix what doesn't

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/8916/buy-something-that-doesn-t-work-in-carrara-post-your-questions-and-workarounds-here-please#latest

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,241

    All good points, thanks.

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,241

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    those Aurelio NY sets remain my bane in Carrara

    load perfectly won't save

    Disappointing, those sets are great. 

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