Yeah, I said it first so I win. Got you this time Fregtman!!! In your face!!!!!
On September-26-13 5:20:17 PM, Sergio Mucino wrote: > Thanks Alan! I did following Eric's instructions, and it worked like a > charm. Thanks again! Day saved... :-) > > *Sergio Mucino* > Lead Rigger > Modus FX > > On 26/09/2013 4:11 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote: >> Hello again, >> >> You must rebuild the deformer group every time you add/remove >> deformers to a envelope used by the DualQuaternion Envelope compound. >> >> 1. Rightclick the deformer group, "Select Members". >> 2. Rightclick again, "Remove from Group". >> 3. Select enveloped mesh whose deformers changed. >> 4. In the menu Envelope->"Select Deformer from Envelope" (it's kinda >> lying, it selects more than one.) >> 5. Rightclick the group, "Add to group". >> >> Deleting the group and making it again from the selected deformers >> (via "Select Deformer from Envelope") works too. >> >> That should fix it. >> Cheers, >> >> -- Alan >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Sergio Mucino >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I'm seeing something quite strange with this node here, and I >> have no idea why it is happening. >> I've got this mesh that had already been rigged. It has a lot of >> stuff going on, but most of it I can ignore (I have already >> tested it doesn't relate to my problem). There is an Envelope >> Operator (muted... more on this later) that is used to deform the >> mesh. On top of it, there's an ICE Tree. This tree has a Dual >> Quat node that blends between linear and DQ deformations. The >> Envelope Cluster Property is set to reference the Envelope >> Weights cluster that already exists on the mesh. There is a >> referenced Deformer Group, which references the objects deforming >> the mesh. Everything pretty standard. >> The problem is that Animation has requested to have some more >> controls on a certain part of the mesh to deform it. I've created >> the rig, and I'm ready to include the deformers in the Envelope >> so they can deform the mesh. I made sure to include them in the >> group referenced by the Deformer Group in the ICE DQ node. I >> added them to the Envelope with Automatic Reassign set to off (so >> I would not disturb the existing deformations, and just paint my >> new influences manually), and when I start painting an area of >> the mesh to have it be affected by one of my new deformer, the >> weighted verts move back to [0,0,0]! >> I've disconnected and reconnected this DQ node and saw that it is >> the one causing the problem. I have no idea why it is sending the >> verts down to the origin even if the deformer has not been moved >> yet. As a matter of fact, moving the deformer makes no >> difference. If I unmute the Envelope operator, I can see the >> verts move a bit with the deformer, but they're still at the >> origin. I guess the operator was muted because the deformations >> coming from it are not needed, only the weights stored in the >> weight map and referenced by the DQ node. >> Anyone has any clues as to why my vert weights are being >> 'rejected' (or whatever this is) by the DQ node, and how to get >> it to 'refresh' or accept them somehow? I would hate to have to >> rig this on a separate copy of the mesh and blend the point >> movements onto this one, but if that's what it takes to get this >> going, I'll have to. >> Thanks for any help! >> -- >> *Sergio Mucino* >> Lead Rigger >> Modus FX >> >> -------------------------- >> To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> with subject >> "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------- >> To unsubscribe: [email protected] with subject >> "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. > > > -------------------------- > To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with subject > "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. -------------------------- To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email.
