What Eric said, with the ICE cage. Alternatively if for some reason ICE is not an option for you,you can always GATOR it from a non-double sided, weighted wing geometry to ensure that both the top and the bottom are weighted the same.
-=Eric Turman On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]> wrote: > What Sebastian said plus you can deform the wing membrane by a non-double > sided, rigged wing geometry using the various ICE Cage deformers out there > as well. We did this on Walking With Dinosaurs quite a bit. > > Eric T. > > > On Tuesday, July 01, 2014 4:16:46 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote: > >> the wing thickness needs to match up, the verts on both sides need to >> match up, this way when weighted identically, the two sides of the >> thickness move in unison, this is easily done using the apply >> thickness ICE deformer, you could potentially just have that live, >> depending on your needs, however i don't think the out of the box ICE >> deformer respects uv's. i'd just freeze it, and weight it as such, an >> other threat of interpenetration might come from your topology being >> inadequate for the deformation you want to perform, mesh density can >> also be a big issue. if the topology is to sparse interpenetration >> will occur if the mesh is stresed. >> >> so >> >> >> - make sure both sides match, as close as possible at a vertex level. >> >> - make sure your weighting is identical on both sides of the thickness >> >> - try and fix topology if it isn't clean >> >> - make sure your mesh is dense enough to support the kind of >> deformations you need. >> >> hope this helps. >> >> good luck >> >> >> On 1 July 2014 20:21, Byron Nash <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> When modeling a thin object like a bat or pterosaur wing, what is >> considered the best approach to avoid interpenetration when >> rigged? I am cleaning up a purchased model and the wing has no >> thickness. I'm sure this will hold up ok on screen but wondering >> what an experienced modeler would do? Mudbox seems to hate how >> this model is put together and I'm about to add the other wing >> side in. My only reserve is that when rigged, we may have issues >> keeping the front and back from penetrating. >> >> I'd love to hear what some practiced riggers and animators think. >> >> Thanks, >> Byron >> >> >> > -- -=T=-
