Hello dear Hexagon friends,
I have a question.
In the Carafe tutorial by Thomas Roussel, this setting is shown in the video at Hexagon.
How do I get this attitude I'm using Hexagon 2.5.2.109
Can someone help me with this?
Would be nice.
Many greetings
alf0905
I am trying to make a curved driveway for my mansion, so I start with a 300 x 300 x 1 block, select one of the short edges and chamfer it, and all looks OK. Then I export it as an obj. file, import it into DAZ, and get that infuriating grey shadow, but as the second image shows, there are no separate edges or faces, it is not selectable in Hexagon, it is "not real". What am I doing wrong, or is this just a weakness of the software? Hexagon or DAZ? I am still using DAZ 3, tried DAZ 4 but did not like it. The first image shows that the original block in Hexagon already had a diagonal line separating a light and dark area, and it flashed the shadow on and off depending on viewing angle.
I work with the 2 open so often didn't notice this pattern 'til today.
D/S 4.15 [reg release] and the beta 14.15.0.14 are CLOSING Hexagon "poof"
Open D/S, create a primitive or load a figure, doesn't matter, select that and send it over the bridge to Hexagon. Hexagon opens ... close D/S, Hexagon goes "poof" ...
it is in D/S's log file. It is closing Hexagon. This is NOT desirable..
So while we wait for Ascania or whoever is so interested in fixing Hexagon's coding and/or D/S's ... the work-a-round is to open Hexagon FIRST. Make a primitive [anything] and send it over the bridge so it opens D/S. Then load whichever figure it is to be worked on in D/S and send it back over the bridge to that session of Hexagon. Now one can close D/S and Hexagon will stay open.
snip from D/S's log file:
DEBUG: End DAZ Studio to Hexagon Bridge log...
WARNING: QProcess: Destroyed while process is still running.
Hi,
I wanted to know if;
1. can you take a purchased item from daz 3d studio and port it to Hexo for morphiong?
2. Can you do the same for clothing ot props...
3. Can you do the same for purchased environments?
4. Is hexo allowing you to change or add new texture to the ported items? Like a green environment can make it pink or add text to a sign etc..
Thank you :)
I liked the way "A3DLover" included partially intersecting reference planes in his Hexagon workspace, to help make a spaceship that was symmetrical along at least one axis. This per his screenshots in the Hex Gallery thread here.
It's probably a minor, common technique for experienced modellers, but I don't think I have seen it done before... I know that personally I tend to move my geometry builds really close to one of the reference grids; anyway, cool.
One of the things I love to do with Hexagon is to make my own props for use in Daz Studio, helped along by Danny Ripley (CG-Dreams) and Gary Miller (Geekatplay..Com) and others who have passed on their Hexagon know-how.
I'm far from their skill level but I would like to do a tutorial on making a sword, so here goes (I hope I do not mess up too much) -
This is a LuxRender pic, rendered in Daz Studio via Reality (my perfect render button).
Could anybody explain to me the meaning of the "cutoff" property and how the bucket symbol ( "apply the displacement or bump to the entire object") in the displacement/bump channel is used?
Just need basic understanding but can't find anything with google...
Thankyou!
I am perplexed on what seems like it should be simple. If you make something like a barbershop pole - a long pole with caps on both ends and it is basically finished except it came out a little short - so you want to lengthen the pole between the caps. How do you do it? Most functions just effect the middle selected and do not move the top and bottom further away. I can probably delete a row of faces, move the top up, and bridge the gap ... but it feels like there should be a more elegant way to do this? In essence, I want to make the object taller without stretching the end caps. Thanks.
So I just found out I can't use Hexagon on my Mac (2020) because it runs on 64 and Hexagon is 32 bit. There is no Install button in DazCentral and no update to install it.
I really want to get into creating 3D objects and using them in Daz 3D. Any recommendations on how to do that or what I can use or am I out of luck?
Thanks.
Hi
Used unicode characters in text file(source file saved in unicode format) worked fine
Copied and pasted the characters into text window for 3d text,didn't work
Just shows the usual squares, when it's not supported characters
Hexagon too old for this?
these are the one I try to use:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrows_(Unicode_block)
I tried to export object, where some polygons were dissociate. I didn't checked the "merge equal points" or anything ... but when I open the object, those vertices are welded :(
In the import -export settings I didn't checked the merge points ....
Any solution? Other than create separate "groups", because I need to split many polygons separately to keep them as hard surface in daz studio. But now those are smoothed .. and it would be too many work to select edges and set smooth weight manually in daz studio.
I purchased Hexagon 5 years ago, under an email I no longer use. My computer has crashed TWICE since, and when I attempt to use Hexagon (which I've re-installed on my current computer) it requires my long-lonst serial number.
How do I, in my situation with a lost email and new computer with erased memory, recover an old Hexagon Serial Number? or should I completely uninstall and re-install it instead?
mckmike@gmail.com
I really would like to try this software, but it won't open!~ It just opens daz 3d!
Any help would be appreciated.
A problem that I have long had is that I export all of my DS assets to Blender, but there are subtle differences in the way that DS and Blender implement OpenSubdiv that creates rather small but unacceptable differences in the model in Blender (I think it has to do with edge weighting). As a result, I have to export heavy, already subdivided models from DS to Blender in order to maintain fidelity.
That in and of itself would not be so bad, but it makes creating morphs in Blender rather difficult because the subd cage I am morphing in Blender and subdividing does not look the same as the morph, once it is applied and subdivided in DS.
But I was wondering if learning just enough Hexagon for creating morphs might solve this problem? Does anyone know if DS and Hexagon produce vertex exact results when subd is applied to the same cage?
Thanks!
Sounds weird, I know but ...
Hex has a bug when using the Daz Bridge where it appends .01 to texture file names on each crossing of the bridge and eventually they get so long it causes windows errors. Rather than work through the Hex materials / shading domains interface, I just want to jump in to the underlying hex file and bulk change all the crap names back to their original names. But the hex file is some sort of compressed file and I've not yet found the secret to decompressing it to allow an edit in eg notpad++
Does anyone know if / how to decompress the .hxn file???
Any news on when Hexagon will be updated so we can use it on recent Mac operating systems? I know about the work-around by installing Windows on my Mac and using the current Hexagon. I don't want to do that! I want to know when Hexagaon will be updated so I can get back to using it.
I just tried to update Hexagon as my older version is 32bit - I need 64bit. The beta version is available but I cannot install as it's an unknown developer. I tried clearing it through system pref/ security settings but no success. I'm guessing it's the "beta" which is the issue(?) Although looking into this further it seems development of Hexagon has stalled. Possibly a dying horse? Shame.
Anyone have an update?
I'm trying to save a character as a morph & the only (successful) way I know is via Hexagon.
I opened Hexagon for the first time in a long time and got a pop-up asking for a Serial Number. I have no idea where this serial number can be found.
Anybody know where I can find it?
Thanks in advance - Bill
Clearly, I am doing something wrong (probably when I save/export the OBJ file). Or is there something I need to fix in the CR2 file?
What can I do to fix this?
Hexagon with the little "brackets" selected.
What the top looks like with the brackets (rendered in Poser Pro 11 in Comic Book Preview mode).
Close-up of the pieces I want to delete.
When i tried to install Hexagon, the installation cancelled itself at 50% and now everytime i click 'install' it starts installing but instantly stops. How do i fix this?