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This tutorial takes a couple liberties. In it I assume that you are familiar enough with Marvelous Designer to import a custom Avatar, .mdd animation file, how to create a garment, how to set your UVs, and how to export .obj files from MD. So, let's get started!

1. Once you've got your fabulous creation, find the Top Stitch tool near the top right (pictured). Click each line you want to see a stitch near. The "stitched" line will turn from dark grey to purple.

2. Now that your lines have been selected, navigate to the "Top Stitch" tab, again, near the top right. If you change the offset, the stitch will get closer/farther from the line. Default (pictured) is a little large in my opinion. I'd recommend something closer to 1.5mm-2mm. Animate/drape to your hearts content!

3. Next is exporting and its settings. SAVE NOW! SAVE OFTEN! Save your garment, save your project, save, save, save! Ensure that you have everything you want to export checked, and then check "Unified UV Coordinates" and "Unified Texture." Set your resolution as high as your PC will allow. Initially I had this set to 4096. It worked well for me earlier today, but no love with this one. Lots of crashes. Thank you MD devs for Autosaves!

4. Import your .obj and convert it to Iray. You'll see a surface for each part of your cloth, a surface for each pipe you have, and ...wait for it... Materials for your stitching. You have a separate material for stitching! You can adjust it just like any other surface you have in Daz. It can be a little tricky, and it is a pretty small detail that might get easily lost (especially without Normal maps for the stitch), but it's there. This is the first time I've ever seen two Materials tied to stitching, but I attribute that to multiple crashes/recoveries.

Description

This tutorial takes a couple liberties. In it I assume that you are familiar enough with Marvelous Designer to import a custom Avatar, .mdd animation file, how to create a garment, how to set your UVs, and how to export .obj files from MD. So, let's get started!

1. Once you've got your fabulous creation, find the Top Stitch tool near the top right (pictured). Click each line you want to see a stitch near. The "stitched" line will turn from dark grey to purple.

2. Now that your lines have been selected, navigate to the "Top Stitch" tab, again, near the top right. If you change the offset, the stitch will get closer/farther from the line. Default (pictured) is a little large in my opinion. I'd recommend something closer to 1.5mm-2mm. Animate/drape to your hearts content!

3. Next is exporting and its settings. SAVE NOW! SAVE OFTEN! Save your garment, save your project, save, save, save! Ensure that you have everything you want to export checked, and then check "Unified UV Coordinates" and "Unified Texture." Set your resolution as high as your PC will allow. Initially I had this set to 4096. It worked well for me earlier today, but no love with this one. Lots of crashes. Thank you MD devs for Autosaves!

4. Import your .obj and convert it to Iray. You'll see a surface for each part of your cloth, a surface for each pipe you have, and ...wait for it... Materials for your stitching. You have a separate material for stitching! You can adjust it just like any other surface you have in Daz. It can be a little tricky, and it is a pretty small detail that might get easily lost (especially without Normal maps for the stitch), but it's there. This is the first time I've ever seen two Materials tied to stitching, but I attribute that to multiple crashes/recoveries.