Mirroring Morph issue

[Leffler]

i use this one, works fine

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/mel_scripts/animation/ntMirrorBlendShape-4310.html

[scroll-lock]

I was just gonna reply with a shameless plug about my script, but then I saw you need one for Max instead of Maya
mpMirrorBlendshapesUI.mel (http://scroll-lock.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=13&Itemid=28)

But then, I suppose you can modify the same script to work with Max - it's based on the wrap deformer in Maya. But oh well....

[zacleck]

yeah, the maya script that i found worked swimmingly but for some reason this mesh isn't working in max. so i'll just export the whole set after i mirror them in maya. kind of a pain but oh well. thanks for the maya scripts you guys.

[PEN]

I'm just working on one that will handle one symmetrical meshes without the use of skin wrap.

What it does is locate all the verts with matches and does a straight mirror on them but the ones that it doesn't find a match for it finds the closest three and builds a weighted transform matrix from them so it will average the position based on those three. I hope to have it done soon.

[uiron]

i have something you might put to good use, it basically does what Paul said,avoid using wrap deformers, except that it uses barycentric coordinates for EVERY vertex instead of of those that aren't symmetric, this just makes mirror data initialization much faster.

http://www.neglostyti.com/media/other/morph%20utility%20dialog%20barycentrics.ms

Tool is not documented like it should be, but basically you should have one copy of the mesh in the "neutral" pose, you use it to build mirror data ('build symmetry info' -> click on the "neutral" mesh).
while in vertex mode, you can test how mirror data was initialized: pressing "select left" should select what should be vertices on the left, similar applies to "select right".

after that, you can use the tool to mirror changes from one side to another. "left to right" copies changes from left side to the right side, vice versa for "right to left", "swap" inverts everything (left to right and right to left in one go).

some more limitations: model's pivot should be exactly on the symmetry plane of the model. mirroring is done in X axis only.

Use (or not) at your own risk. Tested on max 2008. I do not accept requests for changes:]

[AsaMovshovitz]

try polyboost symmetry tool - always worked for me or Transmographier.

[floatingworld]

I thought max2010 had a new mirror morph tool on the ribbon. Am I mistaken? HAven't had time to install this yet. Anyway, why bother with mirror morphing - it just creates a lot of problems. Why not sculpt symmetrically, then use vol select with fall off to apply the morph to only one side of the face? I made a script that does this automatically, called 'split morph' you can find it on script spot udner facial animation.

[PEN]

Yes Max 2010 has a mirror mesh tool built in and it is found in the ribbon.

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