How to Make Hair Created in 3D Modelling Software to be Compatible with CLO Avatars

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• December 03, 2018 06:45
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I brought you a very detailed guide on how to use hair created in other 3D modelling software with CLO Avatars! 

**Caution: It is very long!!** 

Hope its helpful! :) 

 

Hair Modelling

• Model hair in a third party 3D modelling software.
• Export the hair according to below specification
  1. File format: Open Collada
  2. Set the at Y-up (Y-axis)
     1. As CLO’s axis is the same as Maya’s, you can load the hair with default axis when the file is exported from Maya.
  3. Name of the hair needs to be hair

 

Creating Hair ZACS File

• Open an Avatar (.avt) file which will be compatible with your custom hair
  1. CLO > Library Window > Avatar.
• Hit Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T on the keyboard.
  > The Accessory Maker pop-up window appears.
  
  
  
  
  
• Select Hair from the Category
• Select the Avatar ID which will be compatible with the custom hair.
  All unselected Avatars won’t be compatible with the hair.

<Reference to Avatar ID>

001: Female_B

002: Male_B

003: Female_A

004: Male_A

005: Kid_A

008: COLE

009: MASON

010: HARPER

011: ZOE

 

• Load the Open Collada file you created beforehand.
• Toggle ON Skin Texture if you want to change its texture.
  1. The name of the texture must include the word: “face”
• Load a thumbnail image to appear in the Library Window
• If a Mapping data is not used, type in any data.
• Select Make
  > A file save dialogue opens.
• Type in the file name and designate the saving path.
  > The ZACS file is saved
  > The Complete pop-up window appears when it is saved.
• Close both Complete and Accessory Maker pop-up window.

 

Checking Hair ZACS File

• Check with the default pose
  • Load the Avatar file compatible with the custom hair.
    Select the ones you checked when creating the hair.
  • Load the ZACS file created before
    > Check if the hair loads properly.

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  Permanently deleted user

  • June 08, 2020 08:07

  *Updated - June 8th 2020

  
  
• vadsura

  • November 30, 2018 11:24

  In my part of the article about shoes. Or shoes and hair have the same format?

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• danielemanassero

  • November 30, 2018 16:40

  Too hard for me!
  I hope someone can be so kind to create and share for free more beautiful hair for female B.
  Christmas time is coming!!!!

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• Permanently deleted user

  • December 03, 2018 06:46

  @vadsura, I'm sorry for the confusion. I have edited the manual.

  However, yes, in terms of the file format, both hair and shoes have the same file format: ZACS

  Thanks :)

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• Permanently deleted user

  • February 07, 2019 06:58

  @blanding, I downloaded smablk.dae file and I cannot even load it to CLO :( Did I download the correct file?

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• Permanently deleted user

  • February 08, 2019 04:27

  The file should be in .dae 

  Let me check this with again and let you know :)

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• havanhai19

  • March 04, 2019 14:36

   

  

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• havanhai19

  • March 04, 2019 14:37

  Can you help me fix the error?

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