Using the Install Manager
Studio is free to be downloaded from DAZ. The reason for the $0 price tag is that DAZ's business model is based on selling content. They see the software as a platform for using the content that they sell. As the company collects 50 percent of every sale that they make on behalf of content authors, the brokerage of content provides the business model to pay for the development of Studio.
So, the first step is to go to www.daz3d.com and look for DAZ Studio, which is generally under the Products or Software menu. The program is not directly downloadable; we need to create an account with DAZ and then add the product to the shopping cart. There are no charges, so no credit card information is needed.
Once the order is submitted you will see the following page:
All software from DAZ now is installable via the DAZ Install Manager, also known as DIM. It is possible to download and install every package directly, but for the sake of simplicity, in this section we will...