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    The document provides instructions for creating a simple dress for a 3D character using the MakeClothes plugin in Blender. It describes how to model the dress mesh and assign it a material, attach it to the character's mesh by running MakeClothes, and add textures. It also discusses potential issues like vertices belonging to multiple groups and skin showing through clothes, and offers solutions like assigning hidden vertices to a delete group. The overall goal is to demonstrate the basic process for making a simple dressed character with MakeClothes.

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    The document provides instructions for creating a simple dress for a 3D character using the MakeClothes plugin in Blender. It describes how to model the dress mesh and assign it a material, attach it to the character's mesh by running MakeClothes, and add textures. It also discusses potential issues like vertices belonging to multiple groups and skin showing through clothes, and offers solutions like assigning hidden vertices to a delete group. The overall goal is to demonstrate the basic process for making a simple dressed character with MakeClothes.

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    MakeClothes - Making A Simple Dress - Makehuman

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    The document provides instructions for creating a simple dress for a 3D character using the MakeClothes plugin in Blender. It describes how to model the dress mesh and assign it a material, attach it to the character's mesh by running MakeClothes, and add textures. It also discusses potential issues like vertices belonging to multiple groups and skin showing through clothes, and offers solutions like assigning hidden vertices to a delete group. The overall goal is to demonstrate the basic process for making a simple dressed character with MakeClothes.

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    Makingasimpledress
    Startwithanemptysceneandaddacharacter.Sincedressesaremainlywornbywomen,weselectthecharactertype
    AverageFemale.Adressistypicallyattachedtothetightsandskirthelpers,soweneedtoloadaHumanWithHelpers.
    Ahumanmeshappearsintheviewport.
    Home Download Gallery Blog Docs FAQ Forum BugTracker Thecrew Joinus
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    Nowmodelthedress,usingthehumanmeshasareference.GivethedressmeshtheobjectnameDress.Thisis
    important,becausetheobjectnamewilldeterminethefilepathsaswellastheclothing'snameinMakeHuman.
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    Assignamaterialtothedress.Wewillgoforasimple,monochromaticmaterialwithouttextures.Againwemustchoose
    anameforthematerial.Thenamewillappearinthemhmatfilethatdescribestheclothing'smaterialproperties.
    NotethattherenderenginemustbesettoBlenderInternaltocreatethematerial.MakeClothesdoesnotworkwiththe
    Cyclesrenderer.
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    Beforewecanassociatethedressmeshwiththehumanmesh,itmustfirstbeUVunwrapped.Tothisend,createseams
    atsuitableedges.
    UVunwrapthemesh.Atthispointwecouldpaintatextureforthedress,butforoursimplemonochromaticmaterialthis
    isnotnecessary.
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    Finally,wearereadytocreatetheclothes.PresstheMakeClothesbutton.
    Sincetheprogramcantakequiteawhiletocomplete,wecanmonitorprogressintheterminal/doswindow.Forevery
    tenthvertex,thefollowinginformationisprintedintheterminal:
    Clothingvertexnumber
    Closesthumanvertexinsamevertexgroup.
    Distancebetweenclothesvertexandhumanmeshface.
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    Vertexgroup
    Clothesvertexgroupindex
    Humanvertexgroupindex
    Theoutputfilesarealsolistedintheterminalwindow.
    MakeClothescreatesanewfoldernamedliketheclothingname(inthiscasedress),withthreefilesinit:
    dress.mhclo:Describestheassociatebetweenclothingandhumanvertices.
    dress.obj:Describestheclothesmesh.Thisisastandard.objfilewhichcanbeimportedintomostpackages.
    dress.mhmat:Describesthematerialproperties.
    Bydefault,thedressfolderiscreatedinthefollowingdirectory:
    OnWindows:Documents\makehuman\data\clothes
    OnLinux:~\makehuman\data\clothes
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    Ifthenewclothingissaveinthedefaultdirectory,MakeHumanshouldfinditautomatically.OpenMakeHumanandgoto
    theGeometries>Clothestab.Anewbuttonnameddressshouldappearintherighthandpanel.Pressit,andthe
    characteriswearingthedressyoujustcreated.
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    Thesizeandshapeofthedressadjustsitselfautomaticallywhenthecharacterslidersaremoved.
    Modellingclothesstartingfromhelpergeometry
    Itissometimesconvenienttousethehelpergeometryasastartingpointformodellinginfact,thisishowthedressinthis
    tutorialwasmodelled.However,therearesomepitfalls.
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    Entereditmodeandselectthetightsandskirthelpers.Thisismosteasilydoneinthematerialstab.PressShiftDto
    duplicatetheselection,andPtoseparatetheduplicatedgeometryintoaseparateobject.
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    RenamethenewmeshtoDressandmoveittoaseparatelayer.ThemeshtypeisstillHuman,sochangethattoClothing.
    Deletethetightsverticesbelowthewaist,andsnapthetightswaisttotheskirtwaist.Thewaistnowconsistsofpairsof
    verticesatidenticallocations.Removedoublestojointheupperandlowerparts.
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    Thedressnowconsistsofacontiguousmesh,butthematerialsarestillthoseofthehuman.Unlinkthehumanmaterials
    andcreatethebluishDressmaterial,aswedidinthefirstpartabove.
    WenowproceedtopresstheMakeClothesbutton,butthereisasurprise.MakeClothesraisesanerror,sayingthat
    somevertexbelongstothreegroups.Thishappensbecauseautomaticvertexgroupassignmentworksdifferentlyfor
    humansandclothes.Inaclothing,eachvertexmustbelongtoexactlyongroup,butinahumanthereisnosuch
    restriction.Inparticular,theverticesalongthesymmetryplanex=0areassignedtoallthreegroups,Mid,Left,Right.
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    Tofixthis,ShowAutomaticVertexGroups,andpressAutoVertexGroups.SincethemeshtypeisnowsettoClothing,
    vertexgroupsareassignedinthecorrectfashion,andinparticulareachvertexbelongstoexactlyonegroup.
    Addingatexture
    Inthissectionwereplacethesimplemonochromaticmaterialwithatexture.
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    Firstcreatetheimage,e.g.usingBlender'stexturepaintmode.Savetheimageinthesamefolderastheblendfile.
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    AssignthetextureasanimagetextureinBlender'stexturetab.NotethatMakeClothesexpectsthattheoldBlender
    Internalrendererisused,notCycles.
    MakeClothesautomaticallyrecognizesthatthematerialhasatexture,andtheimageiscopiedtothedressfolderinthe
    data/clothesdirectory.Nexttimeyouenablethedress,ithasanontrivialtexture.
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    SometimesitisnecessarytorestartMakeHumanafterclotheshavebeeneditedtomakethechangesstick.Itisnotclear
    tomewhythisisso,andhopefullythisglitchwillgoawayinthefuture.
    Othertypesoftextures,suchasnormalandspecularmaps,arecreatedinananalogousfashion.AddthemtotheBlender
    material,andthecorrespondingtexturesareusedinMakeHuman,totheextentthatafeaturehasbeenimplemented.
    Hidingfaces
    Clothesadapttothecharacter,butsometimesblotchesofskincanbevisiblethroughclothes.Theproblemisparticularly
    severefortightandlowpolyclothes,andisfurtheraggravatedbyposing.
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    Hereweseethatthedressdoesnotquitecoverafatwomansbellyonthesides.
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    Oursolutiontothisproblemistohidefacesinthehumanmeshthatarehiddenbyclothes.Thisisnotaperfactsolution,
    forseveralreasons:
    Itdoesnotworkformultipleclothesstackeduponeachother.
    Hiddenfacesmayinfactbevisiblefromothercameraangles.
    Itmakesitimpossibletoundressanexportedcharacterinanotherapplication,sincetheunderlyingbodyisnotthere.
    Imperfactasitis,removinghiddenfacesdoesfixsomeofthemostblatantproblems.
    InBlender,selectthehumanverticesthatarecoveredbythedress,andassignthemtotheDeletevertexgroupsthatwas
    automaticallycreated.Notethatwhenavertexisremoved,soareallfacesthatitbelongsto.Wemustthereforebe
    carefulnottoassigntomanyverticesclosetoclothesboundarytotheDeletegroup.
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    WithhiddenverticesassignedtotheDeletegroup,pressMakeClothes.InMakeHuman,theblotchofskinpoking
    throughtheskirtisgone.
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    TheoptionHidefacesunderclothescontrolsthevisibilityofhiddenfaces.Weseethatitgreatlyimprovestheviewfrom
    behind,buttherearestillsomeproblemsatthetopofthethighs.
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    ThesituationcanbeimprovedbytweakingtheDeletevertexgroup.ThepictureaboveshowsthebestIcoulddo.There
    arestillsomeproblemsatthebottomofthedress,bothwithskinpokingthroughtheskirt,andwithvisiblefacesbeing
    deleted.Insituationslikethis,itisprobablynecessarytoeditthemesh,movingthebottomoftheskirtawayfromthe
    body.
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    Theclothesdonotupdatewhileasliderisbeingdragged,butonlywhenitisreleased.Wecanthenseehowhidden
    surfaceremovalworks.
    Creatinganthumbnail
    Sofarthedresshasappearedwiththedefaultthumbnailintheclothesfilebrowser,i.e.asafacewithaquestionmark.
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    Movethehumantoahiddenlayerandarrangethecameraandlights.Settherenderresolutionto128x128and100%.
    Changethecameratoorthographicandadjustthescalesothedressfillsthecameraview.
    Renderandsavetheimageasapngfilewiththenamedress.thumbinthesamefolderastheotherfiles.WhenIwrotethis
    document,Blenderautomaticallychangedthefilenametodress.thumb.pnginthefileselector,buttheextra.pngsuffix
    wasnotactuallyincludedinthefilename.Notethatthethumbnailsuffixis.thumbthefileDress.pngisthediffusetexture.
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    Hereisthecontentofthedressfolder.dress.npzisacompiled.objfile.MakeClothesautomaticallydeletes.npzfilesafter
    saving.objfiles,topreventupdateproblems.

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