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myutogarumyutogaru Posts: 60
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I am attempting to create a basic weapon using the primitives that DAZstudio gives you... You know the "sphere, cylinder, torus, cube" etc. I am trying to package it all together into one single prop but whenever I save it as a prop then try to load it into the scene only the parent figure appears, the children that I have parented it to have just disappeared. I would very much appreciate some guidance in this matter. I have created it as a group, parented all figures and done everything I know how to do.

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  • TottallouTottallou Posts: 555
    edited August 2017

    What I would do is export the completed basic weapon as an Object File then reimport & save that as it will then be just one item so you should be able to save as a prop

    If you want it to remain in its original format in several pieces then I think you would need to save as a Scene Subset - There may be another way I don't know about but this will work anyway :)

    Post edited by Tottallou on
  • myutogarumyutogaru Posts: 60

    Thank you  I will try that!!!

  • macleanmaclean Posts: 2,438

    If you're interested in making props from primitives, I have a pack in the store designed to make it easier. It has plenty of odd shapes with morphs so you can usually find any peculiar shape you need.

    http://www.daz3d.com/everyday-morphing-primitives/

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321
    myutogaru said:

    I am attempting to create a basic weapon using the primitives that DAZstudio gives you... You know the "sphere, cylinder, torus, cube" etc. I am trying to package it all together into one single prop but whenever I save it as a prop then try to load it into the scene only the parent figure appears, the children that I have parented it to have just disappeared. I would very much appreciate some guidance in this matter. I have created it as a group, parented all figures and done everything I know how to do.

    I second Maclean's suggestion. The morphing primitives pack is one
    of the first things that you should buy anyway, it will greatly expand
    your ability to kitbash using items from other products as well.
    For example, if you want to add a plasma gun to a spaceship, the
    morphing primitives can be used to make the turret base to connect
    the two. I've used them to make gun shrouds, turret bodies, even
    entire spaceships!

  • myutogarumyutogaru Posts: 60

    Thanks everyone! and thank you maclean!

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