Maya equivalent of Spline FFD(maxscript)

onionhead_o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_2MwHE3uIDU

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/spline-ffd

Has anyone seen a Mel script that works similar to Spline FFD (max script)?

bk3d

try the wire deformer

CheeseOnToast

Try these :

http://www.dissentgraphics.com/tools/zentools/

onionhead_o

CheeseOntToast: thats awesome, just what i was looking for.

passerby

bit long winded and prolly what zen tools is doing in hte background

but you can convert the edge loop to a curve, rebuild the curve to reduce the amount of control points, than use that curve and the verts you want to effect with the wire deformer