Friday, May 31, 2024

Diffeomorphic Add-ons Version 4.1.0 Released.

It is time for new stable releases. This time six separate add-ons are released at the same time, so you only need to download the add-ons that you actually need. As announced previously, the add-on version is now synced with Blender, so the latest version of Blender that these add-ons have been tested with is Blender 4.1.0. They have also briefly been tested in Blender 2.83, and there is a good chance that they will work with intermediate Blender versions too.


DAZ Importer
The DAZ Importer is a Blender add-on for importing native DAZ Studio files (.duf, .dsf) into Blender. It also contains some tools to make the assets more animation friendly.
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/58f6obzmh063ae9d88ugg/import_daz_v4_1_0.zip?rlkey=qnq6cu0fx4qki9rpxlu95o9h1
Documentation:
https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/wiki/Home


MHX Runtime System

The MHX Runtime System is a Blender add-on for posing the MHX rig, that can be generated by the DAZ Importer.
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/869tqthaajnznk2vaka2f/mhx_rts_v4_1_0.zip?rlkey=94tfjkaiofzmkwm5ff2gs0m8t
Documentation:
https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/mhx_rts/wiki/Home


BVH and FBX Retargeter
The purpose of the BVH and FBX Retargeter is loading animations from BVH or FBX files to a given armature, and editing these animations in various useful ways.
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ge0grf1x4fzr9ojgc76up/retarget_bvh_v4_1_0.zip?rlkey=7tdo5tfppgay04h7g3wjvk2bb
Documentation:
https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/retarget_bvh/wiki/Home


The next three add-ons were recently spawned from the DAZ Importer in order to keep down its size somewhat. They contain rather specialized tools that are probably not of interest to most users. They are also poorly documented.

Important: The DAZ Importer must be enabled first, before any of these three add-ons can be used.

DAZ Preset Exporter
This add-on contains some tools for creating pose presets and other assets that can be used in DAZ Studio.
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nfqjioymya3sofq71pcv4/export_daz_v4_1_0.zip?rlkey=4nujmfmir99dqf6sm7y0weyzi
Documentation:
https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/export_daz/wiki/Home


DAZ Rigging
Some specialized tools for rigging certain types of figures, link chains and tails.
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yxbgw81qefraag8kfmwbs/rig_daz_v4_1_0.zip?rlkey=it2g7t7gka9i0jz5z52g1oxec
Documentation:
https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/rig_daz/wiki/Home


Shell Editor
Contains some tools for manipulating shells imported from DAZ Studio.
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zl1s34xasma4i9deo05j7/shell_edit_v4_1_0.zip?rlkey=7fr4izofl0a7srvacppgr0x8u
Documentation:
https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/shell_edit/wiki/Home