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Select an object that has the Physique modifier applied to it. > Modify panel
> Physique rollout > Click Reinitialize. > Physique Initialization dialog.
Use the Physique Initialization dialog to specify link parameters and the type
and size of envelopes to create for Physique links. This dialog is displayed
under two circumstances:
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When you apply Physique initially, using Attach To Node on the
Physique rollout on page 4671 on the Modify panel.
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When you click Reinitialize on the Physique rollout.
Creating Physique Links and Envelopes for the First Time
When you use Attach To Node to attach the mesh to a skeleton for the first
time, you can use parameters on the
Vertex-Link Assignment rollout on page
4703 to specify envelope parameters. In most cases, the default parameters on
the Vertex-Link Assignment rollout work well as a starting point for envelope
type, envelope sizing, and blending between links.
Normally, you want deformable envelopes. Blending Between Links is set to
N Links (a vertex can be influenced by all envelopes that overlap it). The
Object Bounding Box option is chosen by default, and bases the size of the
envelopes on the size of biped limbs or bone diameters.
Link Settings, Joint Intersections, and Cross Section Rollouts
Controls on these rollouts match those found in
bulge sub-object on page 4737
and
link sub-object on page 4725 and are used here to set default values. Unless
you want to change the default settings for all link parameters and bulges, you
do not need to change the settings in these rollouts.
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