hi there, im trying to apply fur in maya using xgen but i get the following error (Cannot add the following items to the set since the set has restrictions on membership : groom_description4Shape) i get the error whenever i create a new XGen description using groomable splines (use for short hair, fur,grass etc) any ideas?…
This is the problem in a picture: https://prnt.sc/gkb57d When I set a clumping modifier and then hit the xgen preview button i get the message: // Error: XGen: No clump guides found. [collection1,description3,Clumping1] and the modifier doesn't work at all The problem occurs only for the clumping modifier as i have seen so…
I have been having trouble with using xgen but after a while I found out how to use it My problem is that xgen should auto lay out my uv's but its not. It's doing this It has layed them out but only a on top of each other PLEASE HELP
Hello I want to ask about something related to XGEN displacement with Arnold in Maya if you don’t mind. How to connect my grooms to the model displacement? Because when i start the render the hair disappeared under the mesh due to the displacement applied.( I made the displacement in Mari and it was exported as tiff 16 bit…
Hey Guys Im following the XGEN hair Tutorial: http://www.cgsociety.org/news/article/3734/a-brief-guide-on-grooming-hair-with-xgen-in-maya However, when I use the "Place Brush" and sculpt the guides, I cant make the groom follow those guides. How am I supposed to do that? My groom just stays the same way as I created it…
Hey guys! Finally finished the XGen tutorial I have been working on. It's primarily aimed at beginners and tries to give a overview for the whole pipeline (this is not a hair styling tutorial, there's already enough of those out there by much better artists than myself) :)Also, Thanks to everyone who got involved in the…
I'm able to get the cut and comb brushes "working"(bout as good as they ever will in in Maya: Xgen). But even if I max the size of the density brush, it doesn't register at all. I've tried playing around with the other settings as well. The tool settings, and even deleted, and made a new sculpt layer. Hit the edit button,…
Hi. I was just wondering if someone could help me out with some xgen question. I am kind of stuck or maybe i still don`t understand the workflow of it. I started working with xgen and converted my hair to the interactive grooming. But now i am missing quiet a few features. 1. Somehow I can`t use the density multiplier…
Hey, I wanted to add some asymmetry to my base mesh as I'm finished with the xgen guide/hair on its scalps. Was wondering what would be the best way to move the xgen scalp geometry/guides into the position of newly changed base mesh? :)
So this is the first more sophisticated hairstyle I try. The only way I could come up with (especially for the braids) is sculpt the haircut in Zbrush and then use painteffects and edge selection to create curves in maya, to then use them as xgen guides. As you can see on the pictures it is not very successful. If someone…