Shameless educational plug, but I think this will interest you ICE fanatics: http://darkvertex.com/wp/2012/08/15/ice-strings-revisited/
Also new this week: http://darkvertex.com/wp/2012/08/13/ice-emulating-maya-bones/ http://darkvertex.com/wp/2012/08/14/softimage-trick-orient-center-with-faces/ (I don't plug my posts often; hope you guys don't mind.) -- Alan
