About GoZGoZ (for GoZBrush) is a dynamic bridge between ZBrush and other 3D packages built around a specific file format, the GoZ file.
2 years ago Yes, I have. If I hit the Go Z shelf button again it prints out:``` return getattr(self.sock,name)(.args)error: Errno 10048 Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted```If I have an empty Houdini scene with the port opened and zbrush with and active Ztool, the zbrush GoZ push does not register in houdini.In zbrush I have tried the paths to happrentice.exe, houdini.exe and houdinifx.exe. To make sure I'm pointing to the path of the correct houdini I right click on the houdini icon to check that I am running happrentice.exe or houdinifx.exe etc. Not sure if this is significant. Only other thing I can think of mentioning is I'm running Houdini 16.0.633.
In your demo I see you are running a slightly earlier version. 1 year, 10 months ago this doesn't seem to work for me. I downloaded it right back a couple months ago and it crashed immediately. That was in 4r7. I got around to trying it with 4r8 and houdini 16.0.671 today, and it's pretty much the same thing.I got the new download as you mentioned up the thread, and it gave some dll error when i tried to install.
Deleted the old dll. Set up the path to 671 houdini.nope. It just instacrashes zbrush as soon as i try to send some geometry over there from houdini. 1 year, 8 months ago With houdini 16.0.750 and Zbrush 4R8, the first time I send a mesh zbrush to houdini. It's OK.But, if I modify the same mesh in Zbrush then I send back the mesh to houdini for the second time. The mesh is not updated in the houdini viewport. So, I have three solutions to get the update:1.
Change the name of the first export in houdini before performing the 2nd export.2. Delete the first export before performing the 2nd export.3. Dive in goz export node and manually perform the 'reload geometry' (Node 'INMESH') after performing the 2nd export to houdini.Maybe, bitdefender blocks something. I'm not sure. If you have a solution for the auto-update of the same mesh (zbrush - houdini), it will be nice. Otherwise, I will manually do the update.In all case, thank you very much for the plugin. 1 year, 7 months ago Hmm not working for me, I get this:Traceback (most recent call last):File 'opdef:/Object/gozinstaller?OnCreated', line 37, in File 'opdef:/Object/gozinstaller?OnCreated', line 22, in saveSectionToFileIOError: (13, 'Permission denied', 'C:/Users/Ooustet/Documents/houdini16.0/dso/GoZHoudini.dll')I think the problem is probably that I'm using a hardlink for 'My Documents', which is located on another disk.
Most programs won't see the trick but sometimes it's not working; Houdini try to write in C:User/MyDocs while it's virtually on Z:I know I make it work before but I don't remember how I did. 1 year, 7 months ago Hello,I installed the new 16.5 via this link:The shelf button shows up and I can send from Houdini to Zbrush fine. However, when I try to send from Zbrush to Houdini, I get a Goz node in Houdini with the name of the subtool from zbrush, but it is empty. There is nothing there. The node has an error that says this:Invalid source /obj/GoZuntitledsopgozexport1/untitledsopgozexport1/INMESHError: Unable to read file 'C:/Users/Public/Pixologic/GoZProjects/Default/untitledsopgozexport1.GoZ'.Expected array object (near byte offset 4, line 1, column 5)Backend IO. 1 year ago Hi Dmitry, unfortunately I can't make this one on Github because it has the Zbrush SDK which is under NDA.
I could make the little python scripts that assemble the data properly (all that the plugin does is enable the file SOP to read.goz files) but I don't know if that's too useful.We'll likely change the installation method to be a proper installer in the next version, so you don't have to deal with running it from within Houdini and run into the issues you are currently running into.Luiz. 8 months, 2 weeks ago Alright! The build system has been updated for H17, so now the GameDev releases have both H16.5 and H17 tools in them.If you download the tools from within H17, and choose the latest daily build (today's is 1.63) it will also come with the GoZ plugin compiled for H17 and the GoZ Import and Export Nodes. The GoZ shelf is no longer needed and there is a GoZ Button in the GameDevelopmentToolset shelfLet me know if you have any questions.
I'll work on updating the tutorial now. 6 months, 1 week ago Hey, I'm having touble getting this to work. Currently using Houdini Indie 17.0.352 with the Game Dev Toolset updated to 1.98 and Zbrush 2018.1.Load up Houdini - Start Goz - Load up Zbrush - Export tool via GoZ.
Zbrush saves the file successfully to disk, but when I switch back to Houdini, there's no GoZ node created.I've also tried starting Zbrush, and the Houdini, but same result. So I think there's something happening that's preventing the Houdini GoZ tool from detecting the exported file. Any help would be super appreciated!
In this episode I’ll show you how to create a morph for an item in DAZ Studio using ZBrush, without using the GoZ bridge. It works by exporting your object in OBJ format from DAZ Studio, importing and changing its shape in ZBrush (or any other 3D modelling app for that amtter), then re-importing the object to DAZ Studio. This workflow does not require any specific bridging tools that can sometimes be difficult to work with.This is a follow-up video to my previous one about how to create morphs using ZBrush and the GoZ tool. You can watch it here: Roger and MH LI.
This is Part 1 of my Learning Path:To start off this tutorial, I recommend and assume you’ll be starting with an empty scene. Now, within Daz Studio, load the Genesis 3 Figure into the empty scene. If you plan on selling or redistributing the morphs you create in anyway (whether for free, or for profit) you must reverse out any morphs you have dialed in when you export out the figure (I’ll explain how in the ZBrush to Daz Studio section of this tutorial), except for certain merchant resources.
Check their individual license agreements (please note, most merchant resources don’t allow redistribution for free, only for profit).If you’re planning on using them only for personal projects, you can export any combination of morphs you would like and use as a starting point for your sculpting. Just remember, you won’t be able to sell them or give them away!.
Click AcceptOnce you decide whether or not to export out Genesis 3 with deformations, click Accept. Model to CanvasOnce ZBrush loads Genesis 3 will be loaded as the selected tool. Click and drag on the canvas to draw out the model (if ZBrush was already opened before using GoZ, the model may already be drawn out on the canvas). I like to keep my head and body morphs as two separate project files. I find it makes it easier to manage my layers and helps keep me from accidently creating deformations on the body that I don’t want included with the head morph. This is just a personal preference; however, you will want to make sure to keep your body morphs and head morphs separate from each other (either by using two separate project files, or by using separate layers). This will give you more control inside Daz Studio and will create a better product, whether for personal or commercial use (but you can do whatever you want, just don’t say I didn’t warn you).
Preparing to Create Body MorphsFortunately, sculpting on the body doesn’t really require any pre-setup. I just want to point out the fingernails and toenails are separate meshes, that way you’re aware and can use the masking techniques described below to assist you when working on the hands and feet, if necessary. Preparing to Create Head Morphs Masking Certain FeaturesI like to be able to easily mask off certain features of the face to avoid distorting those that I didn’t intend on; mainly the eyes and sometimes the teeth. Since eyes are typically always at least mostly round, I like to mask them off while I do most my sculpting on the face and then deal with them when I’m basically done.Depending on how much you plan on changing the jaw and mouth, you may also want to mask off the teeth and deal with them at the end as well. Sometimes they’ll move appropriately with the jaw when left unmasked.
Here’s my method for masking them off. Turn on Draw PolyframeI find it easier to have visual feedback as I go through the steps, so I like to turn on Polyframe (hotkey Shift+F). Group similar features. On the tool palette, Expand the Polygroups Palette. Click Auto Groups to group individual features of the mesh into separate groups.
Click Merge Similar Groups. This will merge symmetrical features into one group, grouping the eyes together, the top lashes together, the bottom lashes together, etc. Set up your Masking. CTRL+Shift+Click any part of the main body’s mesh to hide everything except the body.
CTRL+Shift+Click+ drag on the background to invert the visibility. CTRL+Shift+Click+ drag and draw out a box around the teeth. This will set the teeth as the only visible objects.Sometimes some of the teeth will get grouped with the eye lashes, so we’ll manually group them together to be on the safe side.
Click Group Visible. This will group all the teeth together as a separate group. CTRL+Shift+Click the canvas to unhide everything. CTRL+Shift+Click any part of the main body mesh to hide everything except the body again. CTRL+Shift+Click+ drag on the background to invert the visibility again.
CTRL+Shift+Click everything you want to leave unmasked (it will toggle visibility by group, meaning both upper lashes will be hidden when you click on one of them). I usually click the upper lashes, lower lashes and the lower lash line.If you want to mask off the teeth as well as the eyes, leave them visible at this point, otherwise click on one of them. CTRL+Click the canvas to invert the mask. This will mask off everything that is visible, even though nothing was masked prior to this step. CTRL+Shift+Click the canvas once again to unhide everything.At this point you should have something that looks like this (your polygroups may be different colors).Congratulations, you now have your masking set up! You can turn off Draw Polyframe now if you want.
Pro Tip, Use Layers!Now before you start sculpting away, I highly recommend using layers! I like to create layers as I go for each feature I will be sculpting on.
For example, if I want to start sculpting on the nose, I create a new layer and name it Nose 01, and record all the sculpting I plan on doing to the nose, at that point in time, to that layer. I do this for every feature as I go along, then when I get back to the nose, I create a new layer and name it Nose 02. You can also go back to the original nose layer and record more sculpting to it if you prefer, or be more specific with your layers and create layers like Nose Width, Nose Height, Nostrils, etc.Some people like to create all their layers before they even start sculpting, then select them as they go when they plan on sculpting on each feature. Previous Step:Now that you’re done creating your magnificent morph(s), it’s time to make them available inside Daz Studio! Previous Step:or Configuring Morph PropertiesOnce your morph is loaded into Daz Studio, you may want to configure its properties, change where in the parameters hierarchy it is located, etc. Previous Step:Now that you have your morph all set up in Daz Studio, you need to save it if you want it to be there next time you fire up Daz Studio. Make sure the morph is at 0This will ensure that it won’t be dialed in every time you load in Genesis 3.
Save the Morph AssetGo to File Save As Support Asset Morph Asset(s). Select the Morph(s) to be SavedFollowing the same hierarchy you set in the previous steps select the morph(s) you created and want to save. It is VERY important you select your morph(s) and only your morph(s). Or, you may accidently overwrite some other morphs and have to re-install a bunch of products to fix the damage (it has happened to a lot of people, including Daz PAs). Set the Asset DirectoryI like to save all my creations in a separate Daz Studio Library than the one I install all my content into using DIM (if you haven’t already, you may have to add the Library using the Content Directory Manager within Daz Studio’s preferences).
I feel it’s a little bit safer and helpful with content creation. Vendor Name & Product NameThese two fields will determine the folder structure that Daz Studio will use when saving your morph. The folder hierarchy will end up like this when saving a G3F morph:Your Selected Daz Studio LibrarydataDAZ 3DGenesis 3FemaleMorphs Vendor Name Product Name Name of the Morph.dsf.
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Click Accept, once you have everything configured the way you want.Congratulations! You have now officially created your own custom morhp(s) that will still be there next time you open Daz Studio!Using the steps outlined in this Learning Path, you can create morphs for clothing, hair and props too! Hi Landon, I don’t know if you had a lot of feedback already but I just wanted to say thank you for this tut and the work you put into it. As a beginner with custom morphs, I find it all very overwhelming. At present, I try to determine whether I should buy ZBrush or ZBrush Core. I am a hobbyist at this stage.
I don’t know if I ever make it to PA, I’m using a lot of dialled up morphs but I know I can’t repackage those for sale or give away. Question- would you happen to know whether I could use ZBrush Core to do basic custom head and body morphs for DAZ Studio? I tried to compare them but I read it is not working to transfer the morph back into DAZ. Any thoughts on this? All the best, Astrid.
Hi Astrid!You’re welcome! Thanks for letting me know you appreciate it!I just reviewed ZBrushCore’s features and it looks to me that it should work fine for creating morphs.A couple things caught my eye. It looks like it limits the number of brushes to 30 and it won’t allow you to use any brushes made for ZBrush; the brushes have to be made specifically for ZBrushCore. And the masking sounds like it’s limited, but I don’t know in what ways. I doubt either of these limits would really pose much of a problem though, unless you wanted to make some crazy HD morphs.As for transferring morphs back and forth between Daz Studio and ZBrushCore it looks to me that the main limiting factor is you can’t use GoZ, but you can still do it by exporting and importing.OBJs. Lego batman clash of heroes. I explain how in these two posts:Exporting.OBJs out of ZBrush is pretty straight forward, but if you need any help just ask.I hope that helps, let me know if you have anymore questions!
Got a question. I made a Godzilla figure I use in fanart/fancomics in Daz using Valandar’s Kaiju The Giant Monster, heavily morphed, and would really like to improve the quality of the design I made up. The current morphs used make it look good, but I really want to add details like dinsaur like scales on the hands and feet, resculpt the claws and teeth, and change the overall build and proportions to better match the design I drew that the morphs I used are trying to replicate. So the question is, will this process you lay out work for this Kaiju character just the same, even though it’s an older figure? And is it possible to go too far and screw up the model? Well, I tried to get the free version to try it since I cannot possibly afford the $795 for the thing, got the serial number ect, on to NOT be able to downlod it! The first time it was 99.9% downloaded and suddenly a warning came up saying it needed authorization.
So I tried again, and it was saying it’d take a day and a half to download! I cancelled that, tried again and it said I used up my download privilages and need to contact support. I will just stick with what I have.
I wish I could use the subdivisions, but no matter what I try I still get “artifacts” (wish I could post a screenshot here). Dynamic subdivision seems a bit less user friendly when it comes to polygroups.
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It switches back to the base geometry when I hide a polygroup. But I guess I can live with that.
My problem now is that my saved morphs, saved as support asset/morph Asset, have no effect when I apply them and I can’t find the morph in either the shaping or parameters panes. Thanks Again for you help!!. I have noticed bugs with dynamic subdivision as well. Sometimes when turning 3D layers on and off the entire figure will turn black.
Not sure what that’s about But, it can still be nice to use to get an idea of what it will look like instead of sending back to Daz Studio every time.I can’t think of a reason why your morphs wouldn’t be working if you saved them as a morph asset. You could try deleting the file it creates, then re-importing the morph with morph loader pro and saving it again.Usually when you can’t find a morph in the parameters tab it means it was saved or loaded into an unexpected location in the hierarchy. The usual defaults are “Morphs” and “ZBrush,” but sometimes it will also not get put into a specific category at all and you can find it in the root node. You could also try searching for it using the parameters search box.I think to save it as a shaping preset you would need to first save the morph as a morph asset.
If I remember correctly, shaping presets essentially just save the values of whatever morphs you have dialed in.Again, I’d be willing to Skype or use some other peer to peer communication if you still have problems.This weekend I’m going to try to create and upload a YouTube video that will explain how to remove a morphs influence from specific vertices. It might allow you to salvage some of the morphs you created when you subdivided the mesh by removing all the body vertices from the morph. I haven’t had this problem before, so I’m kind of shooting in the dark here, but inside Daz Install Manager I would check ‘Settings Applications’ and make sure the install paths are correct for both Daz Studio and ZBrush. And then, inside ZBrush try ‘Preferences GoZ Update all paths.’ If that doesn’t do the trick, Inside ZBrush I would also try ‘Preferences GoZ Clear cache files’ (just make sure there’s nothing in the cache you’re worried about losing first) and then Preferences GoZ Force reinstall.’I hope that helps.Let me know either way and I’ll see if I can think of anything else to try if needed. Hi Nic,The cornea and eye moisture are two different beasts and the processes differ if you’re working on G3F or G8F. I’ll explain with G8F, since she’s new I’m going to assume your wanting to work on her.This is the way I would mask off the cornea or iris. First make sure G8F’s body is the active subtool.
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In the polygroups palette click ‘Uv Groups’ to group by UVs. That should group the iris and cornea geometry into two separate polygroups, which will make it easier to mask off and hide the cornea or iris to work on one or the other. If you need more of a step by step break down let me know. To tell them apart the iris geometry has an extra edge loop around the iris and more geometry for the pupil.To work on the eye moisture for G8F I find it easier to export it out as an OBJ and manually import it into ZBrush. For some reason I can’t get GoZ to work for it So, un-parent the G8F eyelashes (the eye moisture is part of the lashes figure now) from G8F then delete or hide G8F. Export the lashes and then import them into ZBrush.Let me know if that helps or not.
Hello Landon,I was in touch last year to say thank you for this post. It is still the best and most clear explanation of this process.Two questions you might be able to answer:When I try to use layers, my figure turns black when I press record It is not masked off Just totally black.
I have noticed that when it is in that state, if I press ‘make editable’ it returns to the base color but it also reverts to non dynamic and any masked- off areas lose their masks. Am I missing a step?Also- if I want to distort eyelids and eye socket area, when I return the figure to Daz, the geometry no longer fits around the eye Is it possible to sculpt in the eye area in zbrush and still be able to return the figure to Daz? Or should this area just always be masked off?Thank you! Hi Caleb,I have experienced the figure turning black as well. I believe it’s a bug that can happen when using a combination of Dynamic Subdivision and Layers. I think it’s caused by some layers being sculpted with Dynamic Subdivision on and some being sculpted with it off.
Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen circumstances I haven’t been sculpting as much recently and can’t remember exactly how I would go about working around it. If I remember correctly, when you very first load the figure into ZBrush, I think the trick is to create an empty layer, have it recording and toggle on Dynamic Subdivision. From there do all your sculpting on new additional layers and leave that first one alone. Then when you have the issue of the figure turning black you kind of have to play around with the visibility of the layers and toggling Dynamic Subdivision on and off to display the figure properly.If you’re working on a project that is already having the issue, try playing around with the visibility of the layers and toggling Dynamic Subdivision on and off.Sorry I can’t give a more specific solution, but hopefully you’ll be able to get it working.Sculpting the eyes and eye sockets is, in my opinion, one of the hardest parts. If your sculpting the eyes at base resolution you have to keep in mind that Daz Studio will subdivide the mesh which will smooth it out and change the size of the eyes and eye sockets.
Using Dynamic Subdivision can help more accurately predict what the mesh will look like inside Daz Studio, but sometimes you kind of have to send the mesh back and forth then try to predict what vertices need to be changed. The final result at base resolution might look like the eyes are too big for the sockets, but as look as they look correct in Daz Studio I wouldn’t worry about it.Hope that helps, thanks for stopping! Laylo thank you so much for publishing such useful and clear tutorial.I am stuck on part 3 and wonder if I may ask for your help? I got my model into Zbrush no problem but when I click Goz to get it back into Daz nothing happens. I have set the paths correctly in the Zbrush settings, and in Zbrush comes up with notification that “File Saved to disk successfully” after clicking GoZ but nothing appears in Daz.
I’m not getting the model nor any import options. If you have the time and inclination to offer any ideas to solve this I would really appreciate it. Hi Laylo, I really like the layout of your tutorial and it seems easy to follow but I am having a problem at the zbrush end. It’s not something from your end but I think it may be a zbrush “feature”. In my first runthrough of part 2 I got through to section C (Set up your masking). Where it say to draw a box around the teeth, well the teeth weren’t visible so I went around the mouth area but that didn’t work as I’m sure you know.
I used CTL Z to undo my errors but ended up loosing the figure off the tool bar. So I decided to just shut it down and bring it back up to start from scratch.
When I loaded the figure back in. When I reached the point to turn on the polymesh (Shift+F) it appared to be already set in groups. I tried all methods of goint on from there but could never get back to having torso alone and everything else hidden.
I’ve tried clearing the canvas, closing and restarting again, trying to re issue auto group or group similar, nothing seems to do what it’s expected to do. Is there a way to just clear out whatever it’s memorized and get a clean fresh start?Thank you, and thank you also for the time spent writting this tutorial. Hi!Sorry for the delayed response, the CPU in my computer went out and getting it back together had me distracted.How do you usually go about getting the mesh into ZBrush, GoZ or import?
If using GoZ you can try clearing the GoZ cache, look for the command under Preferences GoZ, and then starting over from Daz Studio and using GoZ again. I would also double check to make sure that Draw Polyframe is indeed on, so you can see your groups clearly.What happens when you use the group commands? Can you “Group Visible” first and then “Auto Groups,” that seems to work for me?You’re welcome for the tutorial, hope this helps, let me know if you’re still having problems. Hope you are well and thank you for such a fine tutorial! I would like to attempt the tutorial but before that I have heard stuffs like ‘when making morph don’t disturb the topology of the mesh’ etc. I am bit confused here.
I want to make morph to genesis 3 or 8 model via zbrush, by sculpting. So if I used claybuild up brush, damstandard etc.to cancel and remake the nose wings of the genesis nose, would that disturb the topology of the model and I can no longer send back to from zbrush to daz? Or I am free to sculpt all I want at high subdivs say 3 or 5 and then later back to lower subdiv and send back to daz? I hope for some clarification. Thank you LayLo. What they mean is you can’t add to, or remove vertices from the mesh.
Subdividing would add vertices. You can move the existing vertices around as much as you want. I can’t remember right now if you can sculpt at higher subD levels and then lower it back down to the base resolution and be okay. It’s been a minute since I’ve done any sculpting ? and can’t remember off the top of my head.
I would suggest testing a couple methods one at a time before you sculpt for a couple hours just to find out it doesn’t work. The clay buildup and dam standard brushes should be fine as long as the new adaptive resolution mode (I forget what exactly it’s called and can’t remember if it tessellates will all the brushes or only certain ones) isn’t on.If you’re using Genesis 8 make to sure to delete the eyelashes or hide them before exporting the base resolution figure mesh.Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful, but hope this helps. Hi and welcome to LayLo3D.com!
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My parents were in the process of building their first house when I was born and have been buying 'fixer uppers' and fixing them up ever since.I first got into CG when I was 12 or 13. The high school I went to had 3D Studio Max R2.5 as one of the modalities to work with in Art class. I have always loved and been passionate about 3D, but unfortunately for whatever reason, it didn't occur to me that a career in CG was possible.It wasn't until 2013 when I met a professional animator who worked on projects like the Transformers series that the light bulb turned on in my head. That's when my passion for CG was re-ignited.
About GoZGoZ (for GoZBrush) is a dynamic bridge between ZBrush and other 3D packages built around a specific file format, the GoZ file.