rigging a character from turbosquid

[globalrecession2009]

On sites like turbosquid I see alot of cool free figures and robots as fbx obj blend files etc.
Some are static models and some list as being rigged.
I am wondering are these figures able to be imported to daz and rigged and made into a posable figure for daz studio?

[Mark Sinister]

I think you'll have to pass through Blender or another 3rd party 3d app first. At least for the a robot. I'm not to good with machine joints but if you use null objects you can make parts moveable.

There's also this:

[Abad]

In theory, you can. But of course, if we talk about robots (not humanoids), things get complicated, since you will have to create extra bones, for example, for an articulated arm in 5 parts ... and the T pose is going to be quite difficult to achieve. -Surely they have huge shoulders and will collide with the head, or whatever works for it ...-.
For that I recommend an auto-IK in Maya, and tweak the names of the skeleton in Motion Builder. Save it with MotionB's Python 2013 or 2014/15 exporter. , cross your fingers and wait for Daz to swallow it.
Unity or Unreal models are easier to adapt.

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