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Exporting multiple subtools

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#1

I apologise if this is a silly question but I’ve only just started to get into 3D so am still learning the ropes.

I’ve made a person in Z Brush which is made up of various subtools, the person, the hair and the clothing. I can export each of these as separate objects which is no problem but when it comes to importing them to KeyShot every object is a different scale and position. Manually scaling and moving them is a nightmare and virtually impossible as just being out by a tiny fraction looks awful.

I can import them as one object but then I can’t texture each part separately so if I give the person blue trousers then everything is blue!

Is there a way to import different files/obejcts and keep them the same scale and position? All of the objects were created at the same time and to the same scale.

#2

When you import the first part in Keyshot, in the pop-up box tick:

Location: centre geometry
Size: Automatic

Then (without moving that part at all) when you export the next and subsequent parts, in the pop-up tick:
Add to scene
Location: centre geometry
Size: Same as last import

The parts will then import in the correct places on/in your original geometry, and be the correct size.

#3

Thanks, I did try that but it didn’t work. If I set the size of the second object to ‘same as last import’ then it was much bigger. Although it was in the same place.