Envelope problem

[Soeren Nielsen]

try resetting the actor, and freeze the mesh before applying the envelope.

[capone_adam]

Yeah, only problem is it means redoing all my weight painting. Will be the only way forward though I think.

Thanks anyway

[ThE_JacO]

a) setting reference poses for bones doesn't involved redoing anything
b) whenever you need to re-apply an envelope operator, for whatever reason, just open the weight editor and save a preset with all the weights.
when you have re-enveloped just open the weight editor and load in the preset you saved, no re-weighting involved.

I'd also suggest a cursory read of the manual and of the tutorials book, managing deformers and envelopes is illustrated quite well in both.

[capone_adam]

At last, no more annoying you lot with this annoying problem. In the end I selected all the bones and 'reset' actor'...then I manipulated the meshs to fit within the origial bone pose again. Then got rid of all envelope ops...then reenveloped and it didn't move a bit. Sorted. This time as soon as I finish weighting I will save as a preset so I have something to load back if any problems arise. Lesson learnt. Thanks for your support all!

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