[Video] Exporting and Importing Characters From DAZ 3D into UE4 - No Third Party Software

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Dang, I was hoping you had a magic bullet. Right now my process is basically getting the initial skinning onto a Mixamo rig with just the base mesh, then copying that to other LODs, and then renaming and adding bones until it’s the same as the Epic skeleton.

Unfortunately Mixamo’s skinning leaves something to be desired, and Maya’s skinning tools are terrible (at least I have a lot of problems with getting smooth gradients, and painting across seams).

If I’m not mistaken, the upcoming version of iClone will provide export features to the UE4 skeleton, along with already present import features for DAZ characters. As far as I understand it, using those two in your pipeline, you will be able to create characters in DAZ, bring them to iClone, animate (e.g. facial expressions, lipsync) if needed, and export them to UE4 with the epic skeleton layout (+ blendshapes).

There’s also the Character Creator for iClone, but compared to DAZ it seems to have a long way to go still, especially content wise.