Quick Guide

Quick guide on how to use Heat Animations with Daz 3D Characters.

HEAT animations are only usable with Gen 8-9 characters.

OPENING THE HEAT PLUG-IN

• The Daz 3D Plug-in communicates with the HEAT motion library through the HEAT Bridge. If you haven't downloaded and installed the HEAT Bridge please start here.

• Open the HEAT Bridge on your PC.

• Log into the HEAT Bridge with the 'Sign In' button () in the upper right hand corner.
• Once the Bridge is connected to your HEAT account you will see the connection indicator in the lower left corner of the bridge turn from disconnected () to connected ().
• Ensure that 'Daz' is selected in the program selection drop-down () in the lower left hand corner of the bridge.
• In Daz Studio 4 navigate in the top menu bar to 'Window -> Panes (Tabs) -> HEAT Animations'.

• Once Daz connects with the HEAT Bridge the HEAT Animations pane will read 'HEAT Bridge is connected'.

IMPORTING HEAT ANIMATIONS TO DAZ STUDIO

• Add a Gen 8 or Gen 9 character to your 3D scene.

• Select the character that you would like to apply your animation to by clicking on it.

• Move to the Heat Bridge and make sure you have the program selection drop-down menu set to 'Daz' ().
• In the HEAT Bridge locate an animation that you would like to pull into your scene and click it.

• The animation card will expand to show a full size 3D viewport of the animation with it's title, description, and tags.

• Click the 'Import' button () in the lower right hand corner of the bridge to send the animation from the HEAT Bridge to your Gen 8 or 9 figure.
• A pop-up will appear showing the download from Bridge to Daz.

HEAT animation download progress pop-up

• Once the animation download is complete press the play button at the bottom of the timeline to view your animation!

Figure animations in Daz Studio 4 via HEAT Bridge

Next we will go over some more advanced techniques utilizing HEAT within Daz Studio.