HD Mesh Vascular Issues after import.

Hi,

I have a G8F model which is an HD Mesh (Victoria 8 HD) with vascular definitions applied and smoothing modifiers applied to it. I have followed the the steps mentioned in https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/issues/1524/vascularity-not-showing-up-in-blender

The only difference is that, in addition to vascular definition, i have smoothing modifier applied on the mesh in DAZ. The reason i had to apply the smoothing modifier was because applying the vascular and muscular definitions on the model ended making certain parts of her body too sharp and pointy and some parts of the mesh showing signs of cutting or breaking as you can see in the image below. So with the right balance of smoothing modifier and vascular definition, i got the model i wanted.

But when the model is imported into Blender, 1 or more issues show up.

Sometimes more than often, 99% of the time, i am seeing the HD vascular definition getting lost where the multires modifier just does not show up. I think its because i have smoothing modifier on the mesh in DAZ. But sometimes when i remove the smoothing modifier in DAZ, it still loses all the skin definition in blender.

This is the error i see in the console during the import process.

Invalid meshes found and corrected.
Importing morphs may not work:
  liznecklace-3
Could not rebuild subdivisions for the following HD objects:
  Genesis 8 Female_HD
  EP Ankle Boots_HD
  JungleJewels_09_GP_HD
HD objects with UV mismatch:
  Genesis 8 Female_HD
Enter Geometry editor before exporting HD meshes with geografts
Apply transforms
Transfer to clothes
Transfer to face meshes
Merge rigs
Merge materials
Apply transforms
Transfer to clothes
Transfer to face meshes
Make all bones posable
Make All Bones Posable completed in 16.5 seconds
File E:\My DAZ3D Library\Scenes\vascular babe g8f v2.duf loaded in 534.514 seconds

I think i may be missing something, which i dont think i am, but still would like to know. Sometimes the workaround i have found to solve this issue is to start fresh on a base G8f model with the vascular and muscular definitions, hair and no other assets and then import into blender. that i am seeing the muscular definitions. But then whats the point of importing a model with no or bare minimum assets on her? This model that i am using has hair, genitals, some earrings and shoes.

So for issue 1, can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong or missing?

So when i use the workaround for issue 1 and just export the model without any assets on her or the smoothing modifier, i do see the skin definition being maintained in blender, because the multires modifier does get exported.

Then when i click subdivide, i get the mesh definitions back.

Now, i decided to apply softbody on the mesh.

But when i do that, all vascular definitions are lost again.

The main problem for me is issue 1. If i create a G8F model in DAZ with a handful of assets on her with muscular and vascular definitions along with a smoothing modifier on the model and then try to import it in blender, issue 1 and/or 2 occurs.

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