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[Maya Animation] Dont affect certain mesh
Hey folks, iam animating my Tentacle thing now and have some issues about Cluster affecting some mesh i dont wont to be affected ;) I know it has something todo with the weight Paint, ?!?!? but i cant find a solution. Here what i mean, maybe ther is a simple trick ? (i dont want to seperate the mesh) -
Re: [Maya Animation] Dont affect certain mesh
I'd probably also go with spline IK if this is going to be baked to a joint system. Is it important to retain the volume or is this magically überstretchy? Will is shoot out quickly against a target or move slowly? Move more straight or wiggly? Fill us in on how you intend to animate this. -
Re: [Maya Animation] Dont affect certain mesh
Thanks guys, yeah id used a ikspline tool.. looks really smooth now.. here a rough animation: [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK1XbU8Lung"]Tentacle_01.avi - YouTube[/ame] //edit: my little workarround was nice, but XNA dont like combined mesh after you smoothbind only one part.! So the weight tool might be the clue,… -
Re: [Maya Animation] Dont affect certain mesh
okay.. maybe it was a stupid question.. id use the little workarround, seperate the mesh animate and combined it together... -
Re: [Maya Animation] Dont affect certain mesh
i'd second using an IK spline in this case, much easier if you intend to export to a realtime engine using a joint system -
Re: [Maya Animation] Dont affect certain mesh
There is the membership tool for clusters and other deformers. Go to edit deformers -> paint cluster weight tool and paint the influence of the respective cluster to the mesh. With that you have full control of clusters deformation. Also on a side note: for stuff like tentacles I also find ik spline handles very useful,…
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