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Vertex Sub-Object (Physique) 1005
Vertex Operations group
Select—Selectsverticesusingtheselectiontoolson
the main toolbar.
Select by Link—Selects vert ices by link.
Assign to Link —Assigns the selected vertices to a
link.
To assig n the currently selected vertices to a link,
turn on Assign To Link and then click the lin k.
Assign To Lin k ha s a dependency on the envelopes
defined for each link, and you must set Blending
Between Links to "No Blending" to override
this. After vertices are assigned manually in this
way, use Lock Assignments to keep them from
being reassigned inadvertently during subsequent
operations.
Note: Youmustselectorassignalinkbyclicking
thelink;youcan’tusetheSelectbyNamedialog
to select or assign a link while you use Physique to
work with vertices.
Remove from Link —Remove the selected vertices
from a link.
Note: Select, S elect By Link, Assign To Link,
and Remove From Link will act only on vertices
specified by the red, green, and blue Vertex Type
(“+”) buttons.
Lock Assignments—Locks vertex assig n ments.
Lock will prevent any changes from being made
to the weights and blending presently assigned to
the selected vertices. After
any manual assig nment
of vertices, they should be locked. Before using
type-in weights, vertices must be locked. When
manipulating envelopes in difficult areas of the
character, you might choose to lock vert ices that
are working well before changing the envelopes
to affect other vertices.
Note: If additional data, such as more vertices,
comes up the modifier stack, Physique notes the
proximity of new vertices to the locked vertices. It
then
locks the new vertices based on proximity.
Already locked vertices will not be unlocked.
Unlock As signments—Unlocks vertex assi gnments.
Click Unlock Assignments on selected locked
vertices prior to reassigning them to another link,
or changing their blending settings.
Ty pe- In We ig h t s—Displays the Type-In Weig hts
dialog (page 2–979)
, which you use to enter a
weight for selected locked vert ices; only the weight
for locked vertices can be changed.
To use this feature: select one or more vertices,
then lock them. Click this button to display the
Type-In Weights dial og, select a lin k from the
drop-down list, and change the weight of that link
to position the vertices (vertex positions update in
the viewports as the weight changes).
You c an use type-in weights for stubborn ver tices
that fall in blended regions between two or more
envelopes. Subtle adjustments can be made to
the vertex weights of specific links that would be
difficult to achieve by adjusting envelopes alone.