{"id":9132,"date":"2024-07-19T18:41:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T17:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9132"},"modified":"2024-07-22T10:04:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:04:01","slug":"custom-furniture-imvu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/custom-furniture-imvu\/","title":{"rendered":"Furniture with Custom Sitting Pose for IMVU"},"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-6a1805e7d50f3\" 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-6a1805e7d50f3\"  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\/custom-furniture-imvu\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/custom-furniture-imvu\/#object-position\" >Object Position<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/custom-furniture-imvu\/#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\/GRHD3pty34c?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>Continuing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@katsbits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok Live streams<\/a> and looking at using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">IMVU Toolkit for Blender 3D<\/a> to make custom products. In this exercise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/custom-sitting-pose-for-imvu\/\">&#8216;stool&#8217; reference objects that helped with posing the avatar<\/a> are now used in their own right to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/furniture\/\">custom furniture item<\/a> that includes a custom seat node to which the previously made pose will attach. Once the objects are in place they can be exported to FBX using the Toolkit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/custom-sitting-pose-for-imvu\/\">imported alongside the pose<\/a> for assembly, which require an <strong>Action<\/strong> triggered using the seat nodes name\/label. On completion the project is uploaded to IMVU.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 45 hr (00:45:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 720p (W: 720 x H: 1280).<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - tiktok furniture sitting.zip\">KatsBits \u2013 Custom Furniture<\/a> (c. 1.5 MB | *.blend, *.fbx).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: some additional considerations to keep in mind adding custom poses to furniture items;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"object-position\"><\/span>Object Position<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>When objects are appended into a new project they may not always appear aligned to the scene as they should so may need to be repositioned. If a group of objects have been brought in, link them together using Parent (<span class=\"shortcutkey\">Ctrl<\/span> + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">P<\/span>), then adjust the position manually using the <strong>Move<\/strong> (<span class=\"shortcutkey\">G<\/span>) or <strong>Rotate<\/strong> (<span class=\"shortcutkey\">R<\/span>) widgets. For more precision, in the <strong>Sidebar<\/strong> (<span class=\"shortcutkey\">N<\/span>), in <strong>Transform<\/strong> [1], check and\/or edit the <strong>X<\/strong>, <strong>Y<\/strong> and <strong>Z<\/strong> coordinates under <strong>Location<\/strong> &#8211; these are also mirrored in <strong>Object Properties<\/strong> [2]; when moving objects manually make sure to <em>select the Active object<\/em> that&#8217;s to be positioned at grid centre, the furniture items &#8216;root&#8217; or &#8216;master&#8217; location &#8211; in a groups of objects this usually means selecting the object to which everything in the group is parented. Note also objects are positioned relative to the active objects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/origin\/\">Origin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/furniture-object-location.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/furniture-object-location.jpg\" alt=\"Object Location\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Moving objects manually using <strong>Location<\/strong> coordinates in the Sidebar [1] or <strong>Object Properties<\/strong> [2].<\/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 : Overview &#038; Setup<br \/>\n &#8211; 05:00 : Furniture Tool &#038; Append<br \/>\n &#8211; 12:00 : Seat Node Setup<br \/>\n &#8211; 15:00 : Materials<br \/>\n &#8211; 23:00 : Assembly &#8211; Pose<br \/>\n &#8211; 27:00 : Assembly &#8211; Furniture<br \/>\n &#8211; 35:00 : Product Info &#038; Submission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[217,622,473,200,203,195,194,1086,738,835,776,630,1093],"class_list":["post-9132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-action-editor","tag-animation","tag-append","tag-avatar-poses","tag-fbx","tag-furniture","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-files","tag-imvu-studio","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-parent","tag-poses","tag-tiktok"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132","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=9132"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9184,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions\/9184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}