The reason export options are a separate purchase is to give users a choice and to keep the cost of the base product down. Hell, iClone and CC3 supports UDIM out of the box and most major game engines aren't even looking at it yet. CC characters have good bone structure, the Local Rotation Axis is correct on all the bones (minimal gimbal lock on joints) and they have nice UV islands. CC Pipeline also comes with the export license, so build your prototype in CC, export it into ZBrush for any heavy sculpting you need to do, import it back to CC for final touches then export again as a final FBX. Doing that allowed me to grab a whole slew of other plugins I wanted in the interim. I avoided getting 3DXchange Pipeline to start, as I don't really need to export props right now. It's only 100$ right now on sale and lets you export Actors as FBX. If you're just needing Actors, get Character Creator Pipeline. All very confusing and not too happy about the situation. What's the point of the software if I can't export anything? Am I going to have the same problem exporting characters with character creator that I make? Please don't tell me there's an export license for that too. I ask for the unreal link for iclone 7 and I'm told I need an exporting license? I've never seen anything like this with any software I've bought before. So I got the bundle with headshot/character creator 3/iclone 7. I hope this helps clear up any confusion on requirements. The cheaper iContent can be purchased if you only plan to use the content in iClone 7, but you can also buy an export license version of content packs if you wish to export the content out of iClone. You will see two prices for content packs displayed. Regarding export licenses, these are only needed for content packs purchased from the Content Store or Marketplace. CC3 Pipeline has direct FBX export without needing any other software.

If you have Character Creator 3 Pipeline then you can export characters to Unreal and other game engines without requiring 3DXchange 7. So to import 3rd party content into iClone 7 you need 3DXchange 7 Pro, and to be able to import AND export out you need 3DXchange 7 Pipeline which is also required for Unreal Live Link. iClone started life as a standalone 3D animator but over time we added import and export options through the use of 3DXchange. Apologies if the requirements have been a bit confusing.

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