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1002 Chapter 14: Character Studio
Pr ocedur es
Tip: You don’t have to work locally, one link at a
time. You can use region selection to select groups
of vertices or groups of links, working with areas
of the body and its skeleton all at once.
To check v ertex a s s i gnmen ts :
1.
Go to the Vertex sub-object level.
2. In the Vertex Operations group, click to turn
on Select By Link.
3. Make sure all three Vertex Type
buttons are on.
4. In a viewport, click a link.
Physique displays the vertices assigned to that
link. If any vertices assigned to the lin k are out
of place, reassign them to a different link, as
described in the procedures that follow.
5. Repeatstep4forotherlinksintheskeleton.
To remove a link ’s influence on ver tices:
Forexample,youmightwanttoremovethe
influence of the index finger links from the vertices
ofthemiddlefinger.
1. Go to the Vertex sub-object level.
2. Turn on Select and select vertices in the
viewports.
3. In the Vertex Operations group, turn on
Remove From Link.
4. Click a link in a viewport.
The vertices are removed from that link’s
influence.
Note: You can click additional links to remove
their influence as well.
5. In the Vertex Operations group, turn on Lock
Assignments.
You must use Lock Assignments to ensure that
these envelopes will not influence these vertices
if envelope parameters are adjusted later.
To remove deformable ver tices from a link ’s
influence:
1.
Go to the Ver tex sub-object level.
2. Make sure all three Vertex
Type buttons are on, and then in the Vertex
Operations group, click to turn on Select By
Link.
Observe the assignments and determine which
vertices are incorrectly influenced. Also note
if the vertices are red (deformable) or green
(rigid).
Note: Blue vertices do not fall within the
influence of any link and are thus assigned to
the root.
3. Turn on Select, and in a viewport, select
only the out-of-place vertices.
Note: Alternatively , you can use ALT+click to
deselect the vertices that are in the correct place.
4. IntheVertexTypegroup,clickto
turn off Rigid Vertices and Root Vertices. Leave
Deformable Vertices on.
5. In the Vertex Operations group, click Remove
From Link.
6. In the viewports, click each link that you want
no longer to influence the selected deformable
vertices.
To override vertex assignments manually:
This technique is used when envelope assig nments
are inappropriate, and you want to have specific
vertices influenced by a specific link.
1. Go to the Vertex sub-object level.