{"id":6528,"date":"2022-10-20T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=6528"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:49:43","slug":"marvelous-designer-to-blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/marvelous-designer-to-blender\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvelous Designer to Blender (export\/import)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7987cc132c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7987cc132c\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/marvelous-designer-to-blender\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/marvelous-designer-to-blender\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RR1Kxd6P_E8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Exporting clothes created in Marvelous Designer so they can be imported into Blender 3D is relatively straightforward. Notwithstanding the design, first make sure items are prepped for export in Marvelous Designer by having at least one material assigned to all segments to be exported using the <b>Fabric<\/b> and <b>Property Editor<\/b>, and that each part if fully UV unwrapped and mapped using the <b>UV Editor<\/b>. Once this is done the patterns can be exported as a single, unified, object that can then be imported into Blender.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 5 mins (00:05:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: (see below).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p><b>Download<\/b>: ZIP files include both male and female avatars plus textures;<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - marvelous designer.zip\">Avatar Starter Files<\/a> | c. 1.5 MB.<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - MD refs.zip\">Marvelous Designer *.zprj and *.avt files<\/a> | c. 2 MB.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: it&#8217;s preferable for patterns to be assigned a material to ensure proper export and import. To do this, select a pattern and in the <b>Fabric<\/b> editor highlight the entry shown in the list e.g. <b>FABRIC 1<\/b> (Default) [1]. In the (context sensitive) <b>Property Editor<\/b> below change the material basic characteristics, for example click the <b>Color<\/b> [2] selector in the <b>Material<\/b> subsection to change the materials colour and thus any pattern section that instance is applied to. To assign more materials click the <b>Add<\/b> [3] button to create a new instance then select the pattern section to which its to be assigned, in the <b>Property Editor<\/b> change the <b>Fabric<\/b> [4] assignment in the <b>Fabric<\/b> subsection, clicking the new material from the selection list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/material-color.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/material-color.jpg\" alt=\"Basic material color\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Clothing meshes in Marvelous Designer should have at least one material assigned [1], and for ease-of-use, this should be coloured for clarity [2] &#8211; this tints the image baked during export.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/multiple-materials.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/multiple-materials.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple materials\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Multiple materials can be assigned to clothing meshes in Marvelous Designer and if not complicated should at least be colour tinted for ease of recognition; just click the <b>Add<\/b> [3] button then <b>Assign<\/b> or link the new instance with the selected segment changing the <b>Fabric<\/b> [4] association.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For ease of export and later editing in Blender, in the <b>UV Editor<\/b> [5] position UVs so each segment, as defined by the clothing items design and construction, occupies its own quadrant of the <b>UV Editor<\/b>. In addition, align the islands so they&#8217;re also centred within their respective areas as this determines UV placement and mapping of the mesh in IMVU and minimises the amount of prep needed in Blender. To do this switch the <b>2D Pattern Window<\/b> to the <b>UV Editor<\/b> selecting that option from the &#8216;window type&#8217; drop-down menu [5]. Segment UVs will initially be atop each other, so select in-turn and move into position [6]. Toggle back to the <b>2D Pattern Window<\/b> when done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/uv-maps.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/uv-maps.jpg\" alt=\"Editing UV maps\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Editing UV maps using the UV Editor in Marvelous Designer &#8211; switch to the editor [5] and move the UV panels into position so each major segment occupies its own area [6] of the workspace.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>When exporting meshes from Marvelous Designer make sure to select all the elements that are supposed to be included in the resulting file [7], typically from within the <b>2D Pattern Window<\/b> &#8211; note that export success is not necessarily dependant on pattern layout in the 2D Pattern Window as Marvelous Designer will &#8216;stitch&#8217; all the elements together, forming a coherent mesh on export.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/pattern-selection.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-marvelous-designer\/pattern-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Pattern selection\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Segment layout [7] in the 2D Pattern Window doesn&#8217;t determine the mesh as the export process stitches everything together during output, meaning placement does not necessarily need to make sense looking at the Pattern Window.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n\u2013 n\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,913,230],"tags":[120,670,345,911,912],"class_list":["post-6528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-marvelous-designer-clothes","category-tutorials","tag-blender","tag-clothing","tag-import-export","tag-marvelous-designer","tag-obj"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6528"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6545,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528\/revisions\/6545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}