Here is a new cage defomer based on this paper: http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~ylipman/pmvc/pmvc.htm
The result is very close the Harmonic coordinates deformation done by Pixar, but faster to compute, it's also better deformation than the Softimage factory one. To use it, just connect the initPMVC compound in the modeling region, and the PMVC one in the animation region, both on the deformed object. The cage must be triangulated! .. but once your happy with the deformation the initPMVC compound may be frozen , and then cage can be quadrangulated. The only limitation is that all the point of the deformee must be inside the cage. http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4683 Cheers ----------------------------------------------- Ahmidou Lyazidi Director | TD | CG artist http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos http://www.cappuccino-films.com
