I think different ways of calculating the influence is probably the highest hurdle right now. The default calculations get you a good starting point but there are the other heat map methods and another voxel based one I saw a vimeo video on that are going to get you much closer than our current option of the default influence calculations.
Having the new feature in Maya to place bones in the middle of a volume I think would help a bit as well. Right now we're just stuck with creating a cluster, null > cluster constraint. Snap to null. Delete null and cluster. I find weight painting much better in Softimage than Maya. The weight editor is a really good feature that I think Maya should have (Admitting my ignorance on the topic if there is such editor and I've missed it, unlike some blog posters out there). -------------------------------------------- Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me narrow down the question to the specific task of applying an > envelope or weighting/re-weighting an envelope. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Matt Lind > *Sent:* Monday, January 06, 2014 2:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: rigging in xsi vs maya > > > > Open question to anybody with significant experience in both Softimage and > maya. > > > > I have to address some envelope and rigging tools internally pretty soon. > Having this discussion now is convenience for me. > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Steven Caron > *Sent:* Monday, January 06, 2014 2:21 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: rigging in xsi vs maya > > > > are you asking me personally? > > > > i think some studios might favor the dependency graph structure of maya > for custom nodes and behaviors. they would choose that over the better > initially organized softimage environment which lacks some customization > options that maya has. a topic discussed to death already, maya's dominance > is because of timing (of their release years ago) and it's extensibility. > > > > s > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So what does maya rigging tools have that Softimage doesn’t that makes a > significant difference at the end of the day? > > > > Matt > > >
