Re-Targeting Character Pose and Animations - Updated about daztoc4d

[brucek5]

Further code testing, I updated the CreateJointHPBOffsetHPB Python function to better work from joint objects directly. Using the values in the attached .CSV file my retargeting script reads, I transferred a Genesis 3 Female pose to a Genesis 8 Female with an exact match.

CreateJointHPBOffsetHPB_V2.txt

Retarget_Object_Genesis3Female_To_Genesis8Female.csv

[brucek5]

I tested my animation Cinema 4D re-targeting software today using different DAZ characters:

1. Genesis 8 -> Genesis 8
2. Genesis 3 -> Genesis 8
3. Genesis 2 -> Genesis 8
4. Mixamo -> Genesis 8

Perfectly smooth animation and absolutely no gimble noise. I did discover I need to make a change to my character definition file to address compound axis offsets. The Genesis 2 forearm has around -12 deg X axis offset, and the Mixamo has around a +5 deg offset.

I also ran a test where the source character was setup with IK joint tags and most of the animation was controlled by moving the IK goals, rather than the joints. This too successfully transferred the animation to the target character.