{"id":2350,"date":"2024-04-16T13:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:20:51","slug":"imvu-accessories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/imvu-accessories\/","title":{"rendered":"Make IMVU Accessories In Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><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><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<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\/site\/imvu-accessories\/#Blender_Basics\" >Blender Basics<\/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\/site\/imvu-accessories\/#Make_An_Accessory\" >Make An Accessory<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>In the following videos recorded live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/katsbits.com\">Twitch<\/a> (videos may include off-topic chat and other discussion not related to the subject at hand), watch how <a href=\"https:\/\/avatars.imvu.com\/jazzKat\" title=\"jazzKat's IMVU profile page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jazzKat<\/a> shows us the process of making a very simple gift box accessory items for IMVU. <i><b>Beginner friendly<\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p><b>Download<\/b>: files to accompany this project;<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits_accessories.zip\" title=\"Download the IMVU furniture template files for Blender\">IMVU Accessory File<\/a> (c. 2 MB | *.blend, *.fbx, *.jpg, *.png).<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits_twitchgiftbox.zip\" title=\"Twitch giftbox example file (source)\">Gift Box *.blend File<\/a> (c. 600 KB | *.blend, *.jpg)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blender_Basics\"><\/span>Blender Basics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The main way to manipulate the 3D View in Blender is using the MIDDLE mouse button (MMB);  click hold and dragging the mouse  ROTATES the entire scene; SHIFT + click hold dragging MMB will TRANSLATE, strafes or moves the Scene LATERALLY (up\/down, left\/right); CTRL + click hold dragging MMB will ZOOM the Scene.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MMB = rotate<\/li>\n<li>Shift+MMB = translate<\/li>\n<li>CTRL+MMB = zoom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When wanting to select various things in Blender; LEFT click (left mouse button &#8211; LMB) tends to be for selecting, adjusting, changing properties, options and settings; RIGHT click for selecting objects and user generated data.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"highlight_yellow\">\n<p style=\"color:#000;\"><b>Design note<\/b>: To learn more about using Blender try this exercise, &quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/community\/index.php?topic=964.0\" title=\"An Introduction to Blender for IMVU Creators\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">An Introduction to Blender for IMVU Creators<\/a>&quot; (PDF available).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Make_An_Accessory\"><\/span>Make An Accessory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The videos below walk through the process of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=43721019\" title=\"Simple giftbox in IMVU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making a very simple accessory gift box<\/a> in Blender that&#8217;s textured, positioned and then exported to FBX for import and assembly in IMVU.<\/p>\n<p><b>Steps summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delete default cube so no materials are available (optional)*.<\/li>\n<li>Add a new Cube &#8211; <i>Add &raquo; Mesh &raquo; Cube<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Add new Material (plus Texture and Image).<\/li>\n<li>UV unwrap cube &#8211; <i>Mesh &raquo; UV &raquo; Reset<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Duplicate Cube to make bow &#8211; Object &raquo; Duplicate Objects.<\/li>\n<li>Make &#8216;bow&#8217; Material (plus Texture and Image).<\/li>\n<li>UV unwrap and edit UV map.<\/li>\n<li>Append to Accessory Starter File &#8211; <i>File &raquo; Append<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Assign Vertex Group and Parent to Armature.<\/li>\n<li>Export &#8211; <i>File &raquo; Export &raquo; FBX (.fbx)<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Import and assemble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: * as the default Cube has a pre-assigned Material the object was deleted to  better reflect what is more likely going to be the case;  a mesh being added to the scene without Materials, requiring their generation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"content_images\">\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; 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