Step 1. Place garment pieces symmetrically. Export your garment in .obj selected format twice: 1st time in 3d Arrangement and 2nd time in 2D Arrangement.

Step 2. Open Maya and import your 2D Arrangement first; garment mesh includes unwrapped UV’s. Do not change UV layout.

Step 3. Combine garment pieces in pairs (you can also combine them all together into one piece).

Step 4. Select one of the combined meshes and check if pivot point is centered; if not, go to Modify- center pivot.

Step 5. Turn on Live Surface constrain on. Next turn on Quad Drawn tool and Symmetry (front view) on X.

Step 6. Click anywhere on the reference mesh to drop dots. Next move the cursor over the dots while holding Shift; Shift-click. You can also extend edges; please review Maya quad Draw tool.

Step 7. Use Maya quad Draw tool to redraw your garment pieces. Please pay attention to topology and to amount of edges on the corresponding pieces of your garment. Each new redrawn mesh should correspond to imported Marvelous designer mesh.…