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rigwrxxs

11-05-2006, 09:59 PM

Hi, Just wondering,

In Maya, I have a model thats currently weighted to bones etc. and skinned. I'm making a facial rig and I want to duplicate off my original model to create these blend shapes. On this new duplicated blend shape is it possible to delete all the rest of the polys that are not being affected by the blend, or is this going to be causing any problems later?

LucentDreams

11-06-2006, 06:01 PM

point order is very important so yes problems can and likely will occur. Check out this handy plugin though http://www.cometdigital.com/cSmartBlend.php

rigwrxxs

11-06-2006, 07:12 PM

ok so I seemed to have just discovered that you can edit the membership of your blendshapes. I guess thats fine for me for now, I wonder if I can delete the parts that arent within the membership and not have anything break. I"ll check out your tool though, thanks for the pointers!

rigwrxxs

11-06-2006, 07:15 PM

I didnt realize I was getting pointed back to comet's page. hehe ive had a bit of experience testing some of the cmuscle stuff, i'll have to get a copy of this plugin too. his programs are awesome, the guys a genius.

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