Re: rigging in xsi vs maya

[Sergio Mucino]

You can also slide weight values in the component editor using the slider at the bottom of the UI. I'm not sure if that's what you were referring to, though. On 06/01/2014 6:42 PM, Meng-Yang Lu wrote: It's called the Component Editor.  Does the same thing.  However, XSI lets you slide the weights around until it feels right.  Beats typing it in.   I just remembered a pretty silly conversation involving a rigging supe and an XSI developer regarding locking weights.  It was like the only crutch to hang onto for a Maya user.  Then afterward it was implemented and I think the weighting system in XSI has been far superior since then. I really do thing volumetric ideas like OpenVDB is something to explore.  Not only would you have your classic joint/influence relationship, but also add in psuedo collision evalualtion around those nasty parts like armpits, elbow crooks, and the backs of legs.   -Lu     On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: Let me narrow down the question to the specific task of applying an envelope or weighting/re-weighting an envelope.     Matt         From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 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: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Steven Caron Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:21 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 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 <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: So what does maya rigging tools have that Softimage doesn’t that makes a significant difference at the end of the day?   Matt   --