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Installing the Blender add-ons
Download a zip file with the DAZ importer. The development version can be found at https://bitbucket.org/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/downloads/. The stable version 1.6 is bundled with the MHX runtime system with the same version number. Download the latest version 1.6.2 from https://www.dropbox.com/s/yq8g3biao9xuf3i/import_daz_mhx_rts_v1_6_2.zip.
Installing the add-ons for the first time
Open Blender and the Blender Preferences window. In the Add-ons tab, press the Install button to install the add-on.
Navigate to the downloaded zip file and press Install Add-on.
The add-on has now been copied to your Blender addons folder. Select the checkbox at the upper left to enable the DAZ Importer.
To install the MHX Runtime System as well, change the search field at the upper right to "mhx" and enable the checkbox.
Two new tabs now appear in the UI panel to the right of the viewport: DAZ Importer and MHX. They contain the tools that are related to the add-ons.
Installing a new version of the add-ons
When you install a new version of the DAZ Importer it is necessary to remove old versions first and make a clean install, otherwise old files may remain and cause errors when installing the add-on. The problem arises when the new version has either removed or added files. E.g., version 1.6.2 removed globvars.py and added store.py, so those files may cause problems unless you install the add-on cleanly.
Open the Blender preferences window and go to the Addons section. The File: entry shows where the add-ons are installed. In my case the directory is
C:\Users\Comsol\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\2.93\scripts\addons
Disable the DAZ Importer and MHX RTS add-ons.
Quit Blender.
In Windows, navigate to the location of the add-ons recorded above. Delete all folders that will be reinstalled, i.e. import_daz and mhx_rts. It is not necessary to remove the daz_hd_morphs folder, because Xin's HD morph plugin is no longer bundled with the DAZ Importer.
Now the old folders are deleted and we can proceed to make a clean install.
Restart Blender and open the Preferences window. Now we can safely press the Install button and select the zip file.
IMPORTANT. ABOUT FOLDER NAMES. by Alessandro.
The folder names for the addons should be "import_daz" and "mhx_rts". This is especially important to install other addons referencing diffeomorphic, as the alembic importer by Donald and the HD importer by Xin. Unfortunately the bitbucket distribution names the folders to something like "diffeomorphic-import_daz-<release number>" that's not good, so you need to rename the folders by hand.
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