curvyEdges maya script

passerby

curvyEdges is a script for creating nurbs or bezier curves from edge selections, than using the curves to edit underlying geometry. This script allows for very fast changes of geometry while maintaining smooth curves. The script features a simple UI for creating the curves, and controls for adjusting the falloff distance, scale, and envelope. Multiple curves can be worked on at once since the process is non-destructive up to the point where history gets deleted on the mesh.


Here is a little demonstration video.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-5jvPfbjp0"]curvyEdgesDemo - YouTube[/ame]

DOWNLOAD:
http://cmcproductions.co.uk/scripts/#curvyEdges

GITHUB:
https://github.com/cmcpasserby/curvyEdges

genwu

Looks great dude, Thanks again

chrisavigni

Great script! Tks alot!

Nox

Nice, thx!

passerby

thanks guys, let me know if you find any bugs, or got ideas for making it better.

oglu

looks a bit like maya zen tools...
i like it...

Bartalon

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

Bal

Looks nice, will take it for a spin later, thanks for sharing!

passerby

Made a tiny update, to fix how the script handles Maya's undo stack, before it was counting everystep as you drag the sliders as a undo step, now it saves the undo as chunks, so only the end value when you release the slider is counted as a undo step.

I got the updated version link back the same location as the main download link.

Saf

useful script, thanks

JohnnyRaptor

looks very cool man, thanks for sharing!

is it possible to control the fallof per CV as well ?

passerby

No its not currently possible to control the falloff per CV, but that would be a cool feature if I can figure it out.
Right now you could always make multiple curves going along one edge loop to get the same kinda control.

Edit: ya using multiple curves works pretty good for doing this, maybe i will add a feature later that would split a curve at the selected CV, and attach the new curve to the deformer.

A other possible solution is wightpaint, later on i will make it also support painting weights per vertex.