Reads a BVH or FBX animation without importing it: frames, frame rate, length, bones, which rig it is (Mixamo, CMU mocap, Unreal, 3ds Max Biped, Genesis) and, with figure, which bones map.

Checks the feet over an animation: frames where a foot goes through the floor, frames where the figure floats, and how far planted feet slide. With fix it moves the hip up or down per frame so the lowest foot touches the floor.

Imports a BVH or FBX motion (Mixamo, mocap) onto a Genesis figure: reads the file, maps its bones to the figure's (built-in maps for Mixamo, CMU, Unreal, Biped, Genesis; bone_map to fix), adapts the rest pose (T pose vs Genesis A pose) and the body size, and keys every frame. No importer dialog. Then check it with anim_preview and anim_foot_contact.

Keys the figure's current pose at frames: after a pose preset or pose_bones, this turns the pose into a key pose of the animation.

Deletes keyframes (all of a node's, or some bones', or a frame range). The pose at the current frame stays as a still pose.

Reads keyframes of a node as tracks ({bones: {bone: {rotation: [[frame, x, y, z], ...]}}...}), the same format anim_keys_set takes.

Sets keyframes. Each key pose says what a node looks like at one frame; Daz fills in the frames between. Rotations are the same dials as pose_bones (degrees). The scene range grows to the last key.

Relocates an animation: in time (later or earlier) and in space (move it, turn its path, or make it start at a spot). The motion itself does not change.

Applies an animation preset to a figure from a frame on, at any speed, repeated as a cycle.

Lists animation presets: built-in ones and the ones saved with anim_preset_save. Animated presets bought for Daz are in the content library: content_search(kind="animation").

Saves a figure's animation as a reusable preset (~/.daz3d-mcp/animations), to apply later to any figure of the same generation with anim_preset_apply.

Viewport images of several frames, to watch the motion (a contact sheet, one image each).

Changes the rhythm of an animation: speeds it up, slows it down or fits it to a length. Keys after the part move with it.

World positions (cm, Y up) of bones at some frames, as Daz computes them. Use it to check a motion with numbers: is the left foot in front at frame 8, does the hand reach the cup.

Reads or sets the timeline: frame rate, animation range, current frame. Also lists which nodes are animated and over which frames.

Adds a camera, either framing nodes automatically or at a position aimed at a target.

Moves, aims or reframes an existing camera, or makes it the active one.

Places a camera for a film shot of a character's face (close-up, over the shoulder, two shot...), aimed and sized from the face itself, on a consistent side of the line to the person they talk to, so shots and reverse shots cut together. Reports heads in the way.

Adds a folder to Daz Studio's content libraries (it stays after a restart), so its content can be searched and loaded and finds its data files.

Lists the user's Daz content libraries (My Library, My DAZ 3D Library...) and how many content files the search index holds.

Loads content into the scene: adds a figure or prop, dresses a figure (clothing, hair), applies a pose, character, shape or material preset to the target. Returns the new nodes.

Searches the installed content: figures, characters, clothing, hair, poses, materials, props, lights. Returns absolute paths to pass to content_load, and thumbnails for content_thumbnail.

Shows the thumbnail image of a content file, to choose between search results.

Sees and answers the pop-up dialogs Daz Studio opens (overwrite?, replace or add?, limits...). A tool that stops on one fails with dialog_open and lists its text and buttons; press one here and the stopped call's result comes back as call_result. Without button: lists open dialogs and, if a call was left waiting, waits for it. Ask the user before an answer that would overwrite or discard their work. Needs the bridge plugin 0.2+.

Returns a usage guide (the same text as the Daz3D-MCP skills) for clients without skills support.

Checks that Daz Studio is reachable and reports its version and the open scene.

Sets the Iray environment (dome light, HDRI, sun-sky). Without arguments it reports it.

Changes iris color only (not the whites): a color tint, and on Genesis 9 one of its 16 iris images. For a whole new eye look, eye material presets also work (content_search).

Aims a figure's eyes at a camera, another figure or a point, within the eye joint limits (about 30 degrees); head > 0 turns the head part of the way too.

Sets a facial expression (smile, sad, angry, surprised, wink...) from the FACS face dials, or face dials by name; clears the previous expression first.

Describes a figure: generation, height, what it wears, the shape dials in use, the posed bones and its surfaces; optionally joint limits and where its body parts are.

Checks a figure against furniture or other figures, per body part: how deep it goes into them and which way is out, or how far it floats above the surface under it.

Imports a loose OBJ or FBX model (Sketchfab, CGTrader, Blender, a package's meshes) into the scene with the right size, without the importer dialog. Returns the new node, its size in cm and its surfaces. Clothing modeled for a figure then goes through wearable_from_mesh.

Adds a light, placed and aimed at a node or point.

Changes a light: placement, aim, power, color, on/off.

Lists the surfaces of a node with their shader and main values (color, roughness, maps...).

Changes material properties, e.g. {"Base Color": "#802020", "Glossy Roughness": 0.3}.

Reads an OBJ or FBX without importing it: size in file units, the units it most likely uses, surfaces, textures found and missing, whether it is rigged or animated.

Lists the dials of a figure with their value and range: shape morphs and the figure's pose and face controls (Eye Blink, Jaw Open, Brow Up...; marked control=true).

Sets dials (shape morphs or pose/face controls), e.g. {"Body Tone": 0.5, "Eye Blink": 1}. Unknown dials come back with similar names.

Deletes nodes (figures, clothing, hair, props, cameras, lights) from the scene.

Moves, rotates, scales, shows/hides, renames, selects or attaches (parents) a figure, prop, camera or light.

Looks inside a content package before installing it: where its Daz content root is (data, People, Props, Runtime...), which files can be loaded, loose OBJ/FBX meshes, extras and problems. Nothing is written.

Installs a content package from another store (Renderosity, RuntimeDNA, CGBytes, free sites): finds its content root, copies it into a content library, makes sure Daz Studio has that library, and returns the new items (paths for content_load) and any loose meshes (paths for import_mesh). Records every file so package_uninstall can remove them.

Lists the packages installed with package_install.

Deletes the files a package_install wrote (not files other packages share). Ask the user first; scenes that use the package will miss it.

Puts a posed figure on a prop: hips on a seat (turned to face out, against the backrest, knees clear of the seat front), back on a bed, feet on a step. Then reports fit_check.

Rotates figure bones, for adjustments after a pose preset or to build a pose. Reports dials that Daz held at a joint limit.

Returns all the bones of a figure to the default pose.

Measures the flat surfaces of a prop where a figure can sit, lie or stand: height, size, center and, for a seat with a backrest, which way it faces (facing_yaw).

Renders the scene with the current renderer (Iray), waits until it is done and returns the image. Set max_time or max_samples so a test render does not run for long.

Renders the whole animation (or a frame range) with Iray, one image per frame, and joins them into an MP4 or GIF. Waits until it is done. It takes about frames x max_time: render a short range or a few frames (step) first, and ask the user before a long render.

Reads the render settings (renderer, size, limits) and changes the ones given.

Renders a dialogue scene as a series of shots for a visual novel: for each beat it sets the faces and gazes, frames the camera (camera_shot) and renders, into NN_ images plus a shots.json listing every beat, its line and its camera. Waits until all are done; it takes about beats x max_time, so render a few beats first and ask the user before a long run.

Runs DazScript inside Daz Studio for anything the named tools do not cover. Globals: Scene, App, MainWindow, DazMcp (helpers such as DazMcp.findNode, DazMcp.log). Use DazMcp.log(msg) for messages and return the result.

Describes the open scene: file, frames, and every figure, prop, camera and light with its parent, world position (cm), rotation (degrees), scale and bounding box.

Clears the scene. Fails on unsaved changes unless discard_changes is true; ask the user first.

Opens a Daz scene (.duf), or merges it into the current one.

Saves the scene as a .duf file.

Returns an image of the active 3D viewport so you can see the scene.

Fixes how clothing sits on a figure: mesh smoothing and collision (cures skin poking through) and other item properties. Without arguments it reports the current values. For loose or tight fit dials use morph_list/morph_set on the item.

Fits clothing or hair already in the scene to a figure (Daz "Fit To"), or unfits it.

Makes an imported garment, hat, armor or hair follow a figure (Daz Transfer Utility): copies the figure's rigging and morphs onto it and fits it, so it moves with poses and shapes. The mesh must already sit on the figure in its default pose. Also re-rigs clothing made for another figure generation.