Thanks Andrew! And thanks for the quick reply! It looks line I have options. Im going to explore options 1 & 3 so I can get things jappenung in the coming weeks. But curious what head capabilities are coming and with what products?
Thanks, Emma On Wed, Jul 5, 2023, 12:17 PM Andrew Beatty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Emma, > > Let me start by noting that you can scale the entire model during export > by adjusting the value in the 'Scale' dialog box. > > But it seems what you need is to adjust the head shape, relative to the > facial features, so this is not just a matter of scale. > > This is not currently possible in the 3D Print products but there are a > couple of options: > > 1. Since every export of the 'solid' head mesh has the same topology, you > can make the adjustment just once in Blender, then save that adjustment as > a difference morph (aka blendshape), which can be easily applied to any new > exports. I'm not a Blender expert so cannot say how to do this. > > 2. You can use Modeller Enterprise to create a custom version of the head > mesh inside of FaceGen with the head shape you desire. However this is > expensive, and an involved process (it's usually used for making an > entirely custom mesh). > > 3. You can wait until more head shape capabilities are added next year. > > 4. Daz claims their meshes can be used for 3D printing, so perhaps you can > use FaceGen Artist to apply the face to a Daz mesh, which then may have the > controls you need for head shape. I have not tried this; check it out with > our free demo version. > > Best wishes, > > > On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 1:51:36 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I'm working with FaceGen 3D Print Home to design customized masks and >> hoods. I've gotten some beautiful masks -- my workflow has been taking a >> model of my own face in FaceGen, then creating the mods I want in FaceGen, >> importing both files into Blender, scaling up the mod version, boolean >> subtracting the unmodified version, sculpting and cleaning up as needed. >> >> With that done, I want to get to the next level with this project: >> >> 1) building a whole head that I can use to create a top-of head panel for >> my hard resin masks that I can then attach modular headdress components to, >> and >> >> 2) printing molds from which I can create whole-head hoods from latex >> and/or silicone. >> >> The problem I'm running into is that the head that the facial features >> are mapped onto by FaceGen seems to be a standard size which is somewhat >> smaller and vertically faltter than my own head, so masks no longer fit >> when I attach the head-top I designed. >> >> I would rather avoid sculptinng in Blender as much as possible. >> >> So my question is, can the size and shape of the head be modified in 3D >> Print home? If not, is there an upgrade where modifying is possible, and >> where head and neck dimensions can be dimensinally modified to match my >> in-real-life head measurements? >> >> If that's not possible (or if the FaceGen upgrade is beyond my budget -- >> I'm willing to go to $300 if it's going to be a gamechanger for my process >> but can't go beyond that), what other processes might you suggest? >> >> I do have a bit of expreience working with DAZ 3D, so if I can build a >> composite in Blender from that, I might be able to pull that off. >> Suggestions? >> >> I might as well ask as well, is there a FaceGen product that can model >> the entire body? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Emma >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "FaceGen Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/facegen/gc74KSAqk-Y/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/facegen/8263f08b-6e90-419b-93fe-37e95e298e29n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/facegen/8263f08b-6e90-419b-93fe-37e95e298e29n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FaceGen Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/facegen/CAF3h%3DaepaTmO7dKrPu6s23tcToACvnfCWx%2BCGihzS4OnCtwV%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com.
