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1. Copy Skin Weights and "Must select a source and a destination skin"

   

   Topic by Paper Scarecrow · Nov 2014 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hello Polycounters, newbie here. Whenever in Maya (2015) I try to copy skin weights (from body mesh to clothes) I get "Error: line 0: Must select a source and a destination skin, or components on a source and destination skin.", I get it regardless of what I have selected or whether the selected parts are skinned or not.…

2. Re: Copy Skin Weights and "Must select a source and a destination skin"

   

   Reply by Paper Scarecrow · Nov 2014 · Home› Technical Talk

   I think that's the most troubleshooting I've done for a single problem. Anyhows, I solved it, so I guess I'll post for other hapless souls like me. I believe the problem was caused because duplicating faces from the body mesh caused its vertices to lose their smooth skin components (per the Component Editor) and thus Copy…

3. Re: Copy Skin Weights and "Must select a source and a destination skin"

   

   Reply by monster · Nov 2014 · Home› Technical Talk

   I think Delete Non Deformer History would help in these situations. Not sure if you can try that on the problem file. I don't have Maya installed currently so I can't test.