DAZ Importer version 4.1.0 did not work at all with Blender 4.2. The reason is that Blender 4.2 has a strong (or less weak) typing system, which causes almost every button in the DAZ Importer to crash. Therefore it is time for a new stable release of the DAZ Importer and the other Diffemorphic add-ons. The add-ons have been tested with Blender 4.1.0 and 4.2.0 and also briefly with Blender 2.83, and there is a good chance that they will work with intermediate Blender versions too.
Apart from making it possible to use the DAZ Importer in Blender 4.2 at all, there are also some other improvements:
- Better handling of rigid followers.
- Improvements to HD Import.
- Simulation and rigging for hair curves.
- Better performance and memory management.
The DAZ Studio export scripts (export_to_blender.dsa and export_highdef_to_blender.dsa) have also been updated and should be copied to the Scripts folder in a DAZ Studio directory. Old versions of the scripts still work in most situations, but the new versions are needed for the improvements of rigid followers and HD import.
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/5xh2xun51kn3c851y85ju/import_daz_v4_2_0.zip?rlkey=uapugueahv4otj7q07aliocyc
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/wi5x9m7phck8yxjme42tz/mhx_rts_v4_2_0.zip?rlkey=fy6dkyj04ueloygbvvemjb3ft
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/5qvty2bnvp3x6bs6ido67/retarget_bvh_v4_2_0.zip?rlkey=lmk28nweryfkdzic0cnn54c82
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. It has not been updated for Blender 4.2.0.
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/dbrvarajfb7173u7q0hfa/rig_daz_v4_2_0.zip?rlkey=ep0vif4h6pdxktvwm9n6sfras
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/v08r48o9z2nswb57fpv0y/shell_edit_v4_2_0.zip?rlkey=boo9zmie3jei1rztsktefnj65
Documentation:
https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/shell_edit/wiki/Home