Import Patterns into Marvelous Designer

I figured out a way to create and import full patterns into Marvelous Designer using Blender. I wanted to share my discovery and tell you how I want to make this available to everyone.
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[@AndGz7]

Very interesting even though I don't use MD lately but my wife is trying to learn pastern making and sew clothes. Advised o take a look at MD, showed one time a older video of how to sew pants and she really enjoyed it the techniques, learned more then the courses she took in our country.

[@LoriGriffiths]

I am working on a huge project that your wife will really like. Stay tuned!

[@abletonpower2558]

PLEASE DO THIS!!! I would definitely use it too!!!

[@LoriGriffiths]

Great! Thanks for the feedback.

[@sagarthapa3765]

I don't know if you'll answer this but before buying your book for a year recently, I was manually going in Blender and measuring my character. Took a book on patternmaking and after getting your book that's what you encourage too, so, yes, I would use pattern maker pro every time I am done making my characters measurements. Don't know if you know it but Measure IT is how I measured my character, made it easier.

[@LoriGriffiths]

MD is definitely the fastest and easiest way to measure your characters. I'm glad you found the video helpful.

[@knucklesbyname]

omg, you're the best. marvelous designer best professor. used blender and illustrator and worked

[@LoriGriffiths]

Thanks for watching.

[@elrayo11]

Please, Lori. Keep us updated!! It will be super useful for us!!

[@LoriGriffiths]

It is taking so much longer than I anticipated, but it will be totally worth it. Just hang in there and be patient with me.

[@muglermugler5590]

Please Bring Back Pattern Maker Pro to life... Do you have any updates??? you are so important to the world!

[@LoriGriffiths]

It is coming, I promise. I'm really trying to get it out by May (yes, that's only a few weeks). Hang in there and thank you so much for your enthusiasm.

[@muglermugler5590]

@@LoriGriffiths Thank you for your attention, I miss your content so much. Take Care!

[@mmcc2852]

As a blender pro user, also great to see it doing exciting things

[@LoriGriffiths]

I want to be a Blender pro someday. Just got to put in the time. Thanks for watching.

[@susanwilson9241]

YES PLEASE DO THIS!!! I would definitely use it.

[@LoriGriffiths]

Great! Thanks for the feedback.

[@ayewood7969]

Wow this is super exciting, I found you channel, basically searching how to import a pattern into MD. You program would be a live saver.

[@LoriGriffiths]

I'm so glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

[@dmitrijp.4021]

Blender everywhere. What's amazing soft!

[@LoriGriffiths]

Blender is just getting better.

[@davinsaputraartandgamedev9453]

is there a way to keep the UV placement? For now it resets the UV in the UV editor. This would be vry useful for adding Topstitch in marvelous, which I can export out as a mask to substance paitner for example

[@pentothalic]

oh man this is so awesome, thanks for sharing!!

[@1963fram]

Exciting news! I would use it for sure. :D

[@LoriGriffiths]

Good to know. Thanks.

[@robertross8922]

Well done Lori.

[@stretch654]

PM Pro is a remarkable piece of work. It would be great to see it live on, perhaps as some kind of free or open source software. But you really should get at least something for all your hard work. Maybe a one time subscription?

[@LoriGriffiths]

PMP is going to be even better than it was and it is going to be free to use. I'm working hard on it, so stay tuned.

[@elrayo11]

I bought one of your udemy courses and is awesome! Thanks for doing this for us!!

[@LoriGriffiths]

Wow, that's so much for the kind words. I'm glad it is working for you.

[@tetsuooshima832]

Thanks for sharing that video. I found a way to put every patterns at once but that means a lot of work fixing the UVs and the mesh have to be clean... However, really all you need to do is import a picture of your patterns as a texture and use it on a square of the same siez. You can then use that as a guide to draw the patterns... Wayyy faster/easier ;)

[@LoriGriffiths]

The old PatternMaker PRO program that I developed created PNGs at real scale that could be traced in MD. It worked very well.

[@benfrische]

Very late to this party, what is the status of this project workflow form svg to blender pattern? Super cool concept!!

[@JephAraujo]

THANK YOU

[@ThiagoSenaBR]

you rocked! tks

[@LoriGriffiths]

You're welcome.

[@atroxx1000]

wauu, exelent information wouu excellent information, create a code in blender would be super.. I hope you can and teach us, greetings from southern Mexico

[@LoriGriffiths]

Thank you for watching. Greetings from the Western United States.

[@kamillatocha]

oh nice didnt know it imports flat meshes as patterns

[@dedysusantotanjung2571]

REALLY AWESOME

[@cblackall21]

Yes, a Blender add-in would be very useful. Gumroad would be a good merch option.

[@andersnst7502]

Thansk for sharing! Really helpful! I followed your instruction in your tutorial. Everything looks fine, but when I import OBJ file into MD, some piece can be read but some can't be, it looks such a mess, could you please tell me how to fix it? BTW I'm a graphic designer I imported a letter "BOY" and the "Y" works but the "B""O" don't work

[@user-se9mn9dk5o]

hello ! i used this method but was not working from illustrator. I traced the patterns in illustrator then used ur method. when i try to import in md. the pattern kinda split to weird shapes. do u know how to trace the pattern in illustrator and import the pattern to md??

[@dmw4176]

Lori you are a genius! Thanks so much for this. I had started trying to learn MD but this has made it much easier. How do I get pattern maker pro? DW

[@LoriGriffiths]

Patternmaker Pro is at my website FearlessMakers.com

[@chopperwitz]

I love this and you are amazing! I will be happy to pay!

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

Awesome job !

[@LoriGriffiths]

Thank you for the feedback.

[@EROSNERdesign]

Fantastic!!!

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

Have you tried writing a Python addon for Blender that does the same thing as Pattern Maker Pro, but directly with geometry? Each .svg line would be a mesh edge. It's also possible to use curves in 2D to create a flat face.

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

Haha oops, 5:43

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

If you want to release it for free, but have a chance to make money, try the Blender Market, and release the code as open source. That's how the excellent RetopoFlow is managed.

[@LoriGriffiths]

The Blender stuff will definitely be free. Actually, we're talking about running a headless version of Blender on the back end. Then PatternMaker PRO can make the pattern, convert it using Blender and just spit out the OBJ for MD. You won't even have to use Blender at all. That would be very nice and convenient.

[@ChristinaMcKay]

@@LoriGriffiths you can use Gumroad, they offer the pay what you want option. Set a minimum price which can also be zero, and people can than pay the amount they want. I would use this for sure and would gladly pay for it.

[@aaayerus]

I would like to see a tutorial about how to create a bow in MD! Can MD perform thickness on the clothes?

[@LoriGriffiths]

You can't perform a 'tie' of anything in MD. Bows are totally faked with multiple pieces. MD can add thickness to your patterns in the 3D window and for export. You may find it easier to add that thickness in another program though. Thanks for watching.

[@alexhu5696]

Great! Thank you!

[@shirtsmockup]

Hi, I am impressed to watch your video. I am a new learner of MD and I want to buy your basic MD basic tutorial on MD 9. I visited your site but did not find it. So pls inform me how I can get your premium basic Marvelous designer 9 video tutorials.

[@LoriGriffiths]

I took down all my courses because they were getting out dated. I have new ones coming soon. Thanks for sharing your interest in my work.

[@blackfeathr]

I'm trying to download Patternmaker Pro from your site but it will not let me go beyond the page where I agree to terms and such... it says I already have an account (I don't) and the automatic google login is just endlessly looping. Direct link?

[@LoriGriffiths]

We just realized that the signup process hasn't worked since Friday. We are so sorry for the inconvenience. Could you please give it another try?

[@Affimedes]

Hello Lori, I would buy it immediately! How is the status now, five months after the last comment? I'm a dressmaker in RL and started a few days before with MD8. It would be so great to have that PatternMaker for making my own clothes in MD for DAZ... Hope you're well!

[@LoriGriffiths]

I'm still working on it. It is HUGE. You can print from a catalog or open patterns in an editor and make changes. If you are familiar with AccuMark you know where I'm going with this. Its really important to me that it comes out with all the features, so it is taking awhile. Please hang in there, I promise it is coming.

[@alliedmusic9964]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge here. I followed your instruction in your tutorial. Everything looks fine, but when I import OBJ file into MD, the pattern is only shown on 3D area and doesn't appear in 2D patten window. I would appreciate if you could tell me how to sort out this issue. Thanks

[@LoriGriffiths]

That's very strange. I have never heard of that happening. Maybe it just put it way out of view in the 2D window? Right-click in the 2D background and select Zoom Extents All. If the pattern is there, it will find it.

[@DoubleR_313]

I would use it for my game dev and real world clothes design. Maya let's us use SVG as well

[@LoriGriffiths]

Good to know that Maya likes SVG. Thanks for sharing.

[@MarliaLooming]

That would be great and I would use PM Pro :-)

[@LoriGriffiths]

Good to hear. Thanks.

[@n0ova190]

first of all ... thank you for your video ... and i have a question if you pleased ... can i import a ready clothes into Marvelous Designer ?? cuz i never use this program and am planning to use it ... thank you

[@LoriGriffiths]

Import what clothes? From another graphics program like Blender or Maya? You can import from other programs and convert it to patterns.

[@CheyenneRobinson15]

Maybe think about low cost monthly subscription. Many people probably would pay between 5-10$ a month and not notice it. If you had just 100 subscribers you would profit something.

[@LoriGriffiths]

I'll consider that. Thanks for the feedback.

[@kristerre1753]

Hi Lori, kindly help with the exporting the obj files from marvelous designer, everytime when I export, size is quite bigger.. Help me with the size reduction

[@LoriGriffiths]

Can you explain this better? What are you exporting from MD and where are you taking it?

[@mariansandaltzopoulou684]

Yes pleasee!

[@LoriGriffiths]

It's coming. Hold on.

[@EnriquePage91]

Wow this is an amazing upgrade! What version of MD is necessary for that feature? I have md 5, I guess I'll have to upgrade but would I guess that's ok. I'd love patternmaker pro for it, and perhaps you should really look into whether you can sell it or give it for free if you'd really feel like doing so (I'd suggest you try to make some money out of this. At least give US the option of giving you money if we so desire, I'd feel bad making money out of YOUR stuff without at least offering something in return ; however that doesn't mean it couldn't also be offered for free for us newbies to experiment). As far as I understood the website you had opened up which included the utility to create the patterns is no longer available but will be again soon enough right? It would be a shame to not be able to use such tool. I am finally getting into a point in my pipeline where I need to model several clothing outfits and had bought MD5 to do so. I hadn't really had the time to take advantage of your website yet but I was certainly planning on subscribing at a certain point (that being pretty soon as of right now). I am working on a character system for a video game and we need lots of clothing sets, although we are licensing some we would like to create quite a few ourselves and a utility like this would streamline our workflow incredibly. I think through websites such as roadgum you should be able to let people donate if they wish so in order to download your add on for Blender, that's how I've bought free addons in the past by contributing as much as I was able to. I think this is probably a good way to make money off of it without commercializing it. However this is seriously worth at least a one time payment of 30 dollars, and that's if you're being modest in my opinion. Please keep us posted this is very exciting.

[@LoriGriffiths]

Thank you for the great feedback. Yes, I did take PatternMaker PRO down quite awhile ago. No one, except me of course, has access to it now. I think I will release it for free and then ask for donations. I've tried that in the past and not many people actually donate, only good people like you do. Since I put this video up we've done some more research and I think we will run a headless Blender on our servers. Then we can do everything in the back end. You would choose a pattern in PatternMaker PRO and then it would just make the OBJ for MD. Super cool!

[@EnriquePage91]

Lori Griffiths that is amazing Lori I honestly don't understand how you can do all of this for free. It would be an amazing time saver for all studios, not just indie studios. I'm really looking forward to it and I certainly will put my money where my words are. You deserve a good donation. One side question: Do I need MD8 for the new UV system? Or which version of MD do we need? I have MD5 and so far other than the UV feature I haven't heard of anything that has made me want to repurchase a permanent license (MD is quite an expensive software). Thank you for all your help and info! Really looking forward to seeing more about this. PS: for characters in Unity, check the free asset store plugin "UMA", it's a procedural mesh generator that you can generate custom "races" for so that you can have infinite varieties of characters.

[@0nelest0]

Great video!! However, I've been trying to do the import garment with Uvs and I'm always getting an error there is something wrong with the UVs even though in any other 3d software it shows up OK? Is there a trick to make it work? Thanks!

[@LoriGriffiths]

Everything I know is in the video. You could try asking over on our forum at www.marvelousdesignerhelp.com/

[@2sahn234]

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[@LoriGriffiths]

Good suggestions. Thanks a lot!

[@nu-beings]

Hi, what's the status of the software/plugin you were developing? Is it up for purchase yet?

[@LoriGriffiths]

I gave up on this because it wasn't worth the effort. I did get it working, but the geometry for MD wasn't good enough. It is much easier and faster to just trace patterns in MD.

[@nu-beings]

@@LoriGriffiths Are you a content creator? What is your rate for contract work? I am looking to have someone design unique articles of clothing for my characters from time to time that won't be sold in stores.

[@gameplayandreview]

Make it Free and get people support you on Patreon, to deal with your expenses!

[@robertross8922]

I have been working in MD for a year and half or so and was creating mesh garments without patterns. I have watched and used your wonderful collar creation video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpupi5mon7xkrZY thank you. I find that I have started to need patterns lately and wish to know more of the theory of garment construction. I think working with patterns might be a good next step. You are not weird that way at all. I create mesh clothes in Second Life and do not sell, only give away. Thanks again for all.

[@LoriGriffiths]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

[@fractaltutors]

it is topology not topography

[@PauloSamurai]

Topology*

[@theconstantine1159]

hey can you make saree in md

[@LoriGriffiths]

Yes, you can but it is very complex. Here's an old post showing the one that I made. www.marvelousdesignerhelp.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=35&p=2002&hilit=saree#p2002

[@thesunsettt4023]

Well done.. Please translate your videos to Arabic

[@meadow-maker]

Wow, this looks amazing. You are amazing! I hope you figured out the best way to make it available and get an income. I'm no internet wizard. There is a site for CG stuff that allows the user to put in a donation but I'm very cynical. I have done freebies and asked only for a credit when the item was used but never had it. Maybe nobody used them, I don't know. :)

[@LoriGriffiths]

I still haven't figured out how to make money, but the new site is coming very soon. Free patterns, virtual and real-world, for everyone!