{"id":6669,"date":"2022-12-15T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=6669"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:49:28","slug":"toolkit-attachments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/toolkit-attachments\/","title":{"rendered":"Toolkit &#8211; Attachments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 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-6a1336e905289\" 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-6a1336e905289\"  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\/toolkit-attachments\/#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\/toolkit-attachments\/#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\/X_cbEXGgdDE?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>In this exercise we take a look at using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">IMVU Studio Toolkit<\/a> for Blender to make a simple headband Accessory using the Attachment Tool. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">Toolkit installed<\/a>, first an <b>Attachment Tool<\/b> project is created and an avatar <b>Bone<\/b> attachment point set. The accessory itself is then created by adding a mesh (<b><i>Add \u00bb Mesh \u00bb [mesh primitive]<\/i><\/b>) that&#8217;s shaped and positioned where it needs to be relative to the attachment point. Next, once the accessory is modelled the Toolkit is used to link it to the avatar bone previously set before finally being exported to FBX using the Toolkits exporter, and assembly in IMVU Studio.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 30 mins (00:30:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - toolkit headband.zip\">KatsBits &#8211; Toolkit Headband<\/a> (c. 1.0 MB, *.blend, *.fbx, *.tga). <i>Requires installation of the toolkit for Blender. Open in Blender 2.93 LTS (preferred) or above<\/i>.<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=61958552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HeadBand Glowie<\/a> (61958552).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: currently only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/lts\/2-93\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blender 2.93 LTS<\/a> is fully supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/create.imvu.com\/articles\/studio\/toolkit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IMVU Studio Toolkit<\/a>. Errors may occur using other versions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Important<\/b>: after deriving from the respective <b>Empty [Fe\/Male] Accessory<\/b> item, Studio will display <i>body-part IDs<\/i> [1] in the <b>Mesh ID<\/b> list. For basic Accessory items this means Mesh ID <b>0<\/b> (zero) for <b>Male<\/b> avatars, and <b>2<\/b> (two) for <b>Female<\/b>, correspond to <b>Head<\/b> (0) and <b>Upper Body<\/b> (2) respectively (ordinarily this would override the male and female glasses\/sunshades).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/toolkit-attachment-mesh-id.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu-studio\/toolkit-attachment-mesh-id.jpg\" alt=\"Mesh IDs shown during import\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>During import IMVU Studio displays body-part Mesh IDs. For Accessory items make sure to select\/set <b>0<\/b> for Male avatars, and <b>2<\/b> for Female.<\/i>\n<\/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&#8211; 00:00 : Start\/Setup<br \/>\n&#8211; 02:30 : Mesh, Materials, UVs<br \/>\n&#8211; 16:00 : Tool Setup, FBX Export<br \/>\n&#8211; 20:30 : Studio Import &#038; Assembly<br \/>\n&#8211; 25:00 : Attachment Summary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[874,575,927,875,194,738,835,928],"class_list":["post-6669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-accessories","tag-accessory","tag-attachment-tool","tag-attachments","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-mesh-id"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669","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=6669"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6702,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions\/6702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}