The one thing to note i have found with ngskin is it only plays nicely with . ma files.
I fear an .mb getting touched by it. I agree with Graham. When we compare what we had in soft, we are always bound for disappointment. That's not to say we shouldn't be trying to push our agenda every possible chance. I haven't rigged in soft since the day it was announced eol. My students literally stopped paying attention in an instant. I just resigned myself to pushing into Maya fully. Too painful otherwise. On Jan 24, 2016 8:38 AM, "Eric Turman" <i.anima...@gmail.com> wrote: > I sent this off a bit too quickly: > > 1. point weight in Softimage > 2. export back to May via. .FBX > 3. then make a .mel script to connect the deformers to you Maya rig. > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Eric Turman <i.anima...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I tried using that plugin on a freelance project with many characters >> that I had to rig and point weight in Maya. While it was much better than >> Maya's default, and I know that it is much better than what Maya users are >> used to, it still was horribly klunky and unpleasant to work with. I don't >> think this is entirely the developer's fault though; I blame the designers >> of Maya for thier corrupted workflow. >> >> So, when I tried it last year I found it only slightly less awkward to >> work with but I quickly ran into many sticky points with it. So, when I >> asked the ngSkin tools community how to achieve some of the sublime >> workflow that Soft natively, the users responded to me with "why would you >> want to do that" and the like. So, no, I can not agree with you and >> recommend that plugin Graham. >> >> Instead just use Softimage to point weight and <gak> write a mel script >> <gak> to hook the deformers back up the the control structure...that was >> what I ended up doing and I was much much much happier for it. >> >> >> >> > -- > > > > > -=T=- >
