(Updated June 2024, for Unreal 5.4 etc)

Once you have imported a MetaHuman into Maya, you may want to export a file that can be imported into Marvelous to create a body ‘avatar’ of the correct size (to add clothes to).

Here’s how to do that:

• Once you finish following the instructions for importing a MetaHuman into Maya, you will have a Maya scene open with your MetaHuman correctly arranged so that the document is Y up
  
• In the “Outliner”, twirl down rig > body_grp > geometry_grp > body_lod0_grp
• Click on the “combined_lod0_mesh”.
• Press “H” on the keyboard to unhide it.
• Now, with it selected, go FILE >EXPORT SELECTION.
• In the dialogue box that appears, change the dropdown to FBX.
• Name the file as your MetaHuman name then “_Maya_bodymesh_m_med_nrw” (or whatever your MetaHuman body code is).
• Click “Export Selection”.
• Switch to Marvelous Designer.
• Go to FILE > IMPORT > FBX.
• Select the body mesh FBX you exported from Maya, and click “open”.
• In the dialogue box:
  • Make sure “Object type” is set to “Avatar”.
  • Turn ON the checkbox for “Auto Create Fitting Suit“
  • Under “Object”, make sure “Automatically add arrangement points” is turned on.
  • Under “Scale”, make sure the dropdown is on “Centimeters”, not “Millimeters”.
  • Under, “Axis Conversion”, make sure it is set to the default, which is “X”, “Y (up)”, “Z”, and all the checkboxes for “invert” are off.
• Then click, “OK”.
• If it says it couldn’t make arrangement points or a fitting suit, you’ll need to add one yourself manually
• Once the avatar loads, go to the file menu, and save the project. Name it as “avatarMH_m_med_nrw” or whatever your MetaHuman body code is.

Now you’re ready to add clothes to your avatar.