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3D Nightmares... Or... The little sculptor - An Anim8or Question for Den Tracy
Ozymandias Jones [ Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 01:46 PM ]
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Hi, Dennis.
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Just downloaded a few of the car models from the site you got the Hot-Rod from (lwo models) I have loaded them into Anim8or and they load fine. Save them as obj and I loose the colours when loaded into Poser. <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_wall.gif" alt="" />
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This may seem like a dumb question, but how do I get the material groups and/or textures. Or do I need to regroup the areas in Anim8or and name them again?
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Thanks in advance,
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Ozy.
Ozymandias Jones [ Friday, 20 June 2003, 05:37 AM ]
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Hi Den,
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I got an email that said there was a reply here, but when I come here there is nothing...
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I'm confused, but then it doesn't take much to do that.
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ahjah [ Friday, 20 June 2003, 04:16 PM ]
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Hi, my name´s not den,
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but maybe a small application, called getlwtex may solve the problem. it´s at Anthony Appleyard´s page
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<a class="post-url" href="http://www.buckrogers.demon.co.uk/3d/3d.htm" target="_blank">http://www.buckrogers.demon.co.uk/3d/3d.htm</a>
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its at the bottom of the page...
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so long
Tormie [ Friday, 20 June 2003, 08:18 PM ]
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Den... Den.. Where's Den <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> !
Ozymandias Jones [ Saturday, 21 June 2003, 01:04 AM ]
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Thanks Ahjah, I'll give it a try.
Ozymandias Jones [ Saturday, 21 June 2003, 03:11 AM ]
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Worked like a dream. Had to flip some of the normals, but otherwise perfect.
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I had most of Anthony's stuff, but not this one.
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Thanks again, Ahjah.
pbnj [ Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 05:19 PM ]
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Again with my posting on old stuff, heh. But here goes...
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Just another way to try it:
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When I'm a creating a model in Anim8or I assign my material sections to basic colors (not worrying about what colors I'm actually going to want them in Poser).
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1) After my material sections are set I choose Select>By Material
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At the prompt I select what Material I want
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2) Then I click Edit>Detach Faces.
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I do this one by one until it's been done for all my materials.
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3) Now make sure all of the individual sections are appropriately named.
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4) Then I select all of the parts/detached materials sections for the model and export it to .OBJ format.
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From there I take it into the great lil freebie UVMapper.
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1) Now load up your model, and click Edit>Tile>by Group.
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At the prompt check the resize groups box and click OK.
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This will lay everything out for you (and make more sense of what might have looked like a mess when you first loaded your model).
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2) Next click Edit>Select>by Group (this is where the individual section names come into play)
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At the prompt choose which item you want to assign a material to first.
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3) Next click Edit>Assign>to Material
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At the prompt type in a material name, no spaces, no funky characters/symbols.
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It will alert you there is no such Material and would you like to create it click Yes.
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Here comes the repetitive part if you have a lot of sections... Go thru and repeat the steps 2-3 in UVMapper until all of your groups have been assign a material.
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4) Click Edit>Color>by Material (this will colorize each material section for easier texturing later.)
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5) Click File>Save Texture Map and save your texture map to where ever you like
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6) Click File>Save Model
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At the prompt leave selection at default and click OK, navigate to where ever you want to save your file then click Save.
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Ta-Da! Now your file should be fine to import into Poser and from there you can assign it color overlays, highlights, textures, etc.
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I really hope this is of help to someone one! Anim8or is a great program I'm happy to promote and help with if I can. If you have any question please feel free to email me. Now that I'm thinking about it I might write a full tutorial with screenshots for this (if it is of use).
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Thanks and take care <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_dance.gif" alt="" />
Tormie [ Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 06:12 PM ]
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<blockquote class="quote"><div class="quote-nouser">Quote:</div><div class="post-text">
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Now that I'm thinking about it I might write a full tutorial with screenshots for this (if it is of use).
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It will be extremely useful <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> !!!
pbnj [ Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 04:23 PM ]
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Once I have the tutorial completed and ready to go how would you like it? I'll post it on my site of course and I could just link it here if you like? Or I could just make a forum post with all the info and link to the screenshots I'll include? <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_think.gif" alt="" />
Den Tracy [ Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 06:10 PM ]
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Whatever is the easiest for you is probably the best.
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To us, either method is acceptable.
Tormie [ Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 08:37 PM ]
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If you have it on you site a link it's enough, I want to start a little tutorial section in our diary... Thank you in advance... <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Ozymandias Jones [ Friday, 30 April 2004, 01:45 AM ]
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Thanks for that. Any tutorials are welcome <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/biggrin.gif" alt="" />