dFast for DAZ Studio Version 1.0, June 2022 Copyright 2022 DJ de Villiers Description ----------- dFast for DAZ Studio adds realism to your animations by simulating soft body motion without the hassle of dForce. With just a few clicks, body parts jiggle, muscles flex with joint bends, skirts swing and hair reacts to head tilts. Use any source property e.g. hip rotation to animate any target property including transforms, shaping and pose controls. Simply select suitable movement or shaping morphs, adjust bounciness, amplitude and offset to simulate gravity, then dFast creates the appearance of soft body dynamics. Without dFast, you need to either tediously key morphs by hand, or wait for dForce simulations then struggle with exploding meshes. Requirements ------------ This product requires DAZ Studio 4.16 or above and has been successfully tested in DAZ Studio 4.16 on Windows and Mac. Installation ------------ 1. Unzip the contents of this ZIP file into your DAZ Studio 4 library, by default at My Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library. Start DAZ Studio 4 and from the Content Library tab menu, select Content DB Maintenance. Select Re-Import Metadata and click Accept. Expand the list of products, then deselect all products and select only dFast for DAZ Studio. 2. Start DAZ Studio and you will find dFast in Content Library/Scripts/cridgit/dFast. Read the user guide to follow the getting started tutorial. Usage ----- 1. Load a figure into the scene and apply any animation. For aniblocks, first bake to studio keyframes. 2. Select the figure root and run the dFast.dse script under Content Library/Utilities/Scripts/dFast. 3. Select a source property e.g. hip Y translate or left thigh bend. 4. Select the target property e.g. breasts up-down or hair forward-back. 5. Adjust frame range elasticity, damping, amplify, offset and min/max if needed and press Accept. 6. dFast animates the target property from the source property across the selected frame range. To add dFast to the scripts menu for quick access, right-click the dFast.dse script and select Create Custom Action. License ------- You may use this product for any commercial or non-commercial render, image, or animation. You may NOT sell or distribute this product in whole or in part, modified or unmodified, without prior permission from the author. You may NOT represent this product in whole or in part as your own work. This product is provided as is without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied. The author shall not be liable for any damages of any kind arising directly or indirectly from the use of this product. File List --------- Documentation\dFast for DAZ Studio ReadMe.txt Documentation\dFast for DAZ Studio User Guide.pdf Runtime\Support\dFast_for_DAZ_Studio.dsx Runtime\Support\dFast_for_DAZ_Studio.jpg Scripts\cridgit\dFast\dFast.dse Scripts\cridgit\dFast\dFast.dse.png Support ------- Please contact the author via the forum and/or sitemail for support.