In this video I will show you the basic steps in downloading a hair model, preparing it in Blender, exporting it and attaching it to your MakeAvatar model. Please Subscribe as I will be adding more video on how to add content… Don’t forget to give me a thumbs-up if you liked the video. Any encouragement helps. Mind you… turn down your volume at the end…
NOTE: You will name the hair Avatar_Hair, the eyebrows Avatar_Eyebrows and eyelashes should be named as Avatar Eyelashes. Facial hair should be named Avatar_Facial_Hair. This is absolute and failing to name the hair assets properly will not allow you to import them.
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Tags: Blender, Metaverse, Vircadia, HighFidelity, Hair
Model being used… CC0 from opengameart.org https://tinyurl.com/pamzsurc
Make sure you are using Blender 2.9+
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In the fist screen drag and drop the upcomb hair model into Blender or open it using the file menu.
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Ensure the Shading Tab is enabled
Top + → General → Shading -
Click on the Default Tab and select the hair model
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Click on the Shading Tab
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Click Use Nodes. It will add the Principled BSDF Shader
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Click Add → Input → Texture Coordinate
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Click Add → Texture → Image Texture
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From the Texture Coordinate not connect the UV output to the Vector input on the Image Texture node.
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From the Image Texture node connect the Color output to the corresponding input on the Pincipled BSDF node.
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Click Open on the Image Texture node and select the hair texture.
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From the Principled BSDF node set all options to zero but “Roughnes” which you will set to 1.
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Open the male mannequin in another Blender 7.9 window
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Copy and paste the hair model from the one window to the mannequin window.
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Rename the hair model Avatar_Hair
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Select the wearable
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Shift select the rig
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Ctrl + P to Set parent → With Empty Groups
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Select Manniquin_Body
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Click on Object Data Properties
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Shift select wearable
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Enter Weight Paint Mode
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In the 3D view pane select Weights → Transfer Weights
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You will notice an option at the bottom left of your screen → Transfer Mesh Data
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Click the down arrow and change “Source Layers Selection” → By Name
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Select the entire model with hair and rigging.
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Select Scene Property → Units → and change Scale to .05
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Ensure Gltf Addon is enabled
Edit → Properties → Addons
Search gltf
Check to enable addon -
Click File → Export → Gltf
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On the right side of the export window change the format to “gLTF Binrar (.glb)”
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Press the “Export gLTF 2.0” button.
