Re: Mirror shape

[Adam Sale <adamsale(at)shaw.ca>]

you could

Get > Property Symmetry Map
Activate SYM mode
and mode both shapes at once with the tweak tool, or usual SRT modeling

you would wind up in the same situation I described below, at which point 
you could break up each of the halves into separate shapes usuing the weight 
map. This way you do only wind up creating one shape on one side..

I have a tutorial on my web site I believe that goes over this. I think its 
symmetrical face modeling.. an older one, but still works with the current 
XSI build.. website is www.joncrow.com

Adam
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Clark" <john.clark23(at)ntlworld.com>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Mirror shape


> lucas wrote:
>
> > Hey John,
> >
> > just found this one.. hope it helps ? (second last post..) he uses GATOR 
> > to overcome the same problem..
> >
> > http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=11;action=display;threadid=22016;start=8
> >
> >
> >
> > John Clark schrieb:
> >
> > > Thanks adam, but I was thinking more about corrective shapes on 
> > > shoulders for example. The workflow you describe would certainly work 
> > > for that aswell but you’d still have to model each shoulder etc. The old 
> > > scripts I used to use meant that you could just model one 
> > > shoulder/arm/leg or whatever and then mirror them across and link them 
> > > to the orientation of whichever joint is driving them. If you have a lot 
> > > of shapes on the shoulders they were a huge time saver.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > *From:* owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] *On 
> > > Behalf Of *Adam Sale
> > > *Sent:* 03 November 2005 16:09
> > > *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > > *Subject:* Re: Mirror shape
> > >
> > > an easy way to mirror shape is to create a weight map for a full shape 
> > > (i.e. both eyes blinking) then use the modulate shape with weight map 
> > > command to iso the shape on one half to limit the effect. Create another 
> > > weight map with the opposite influence to account for the other side and 
> > > hook it up..
> > >
> > > All you need to do is duplicate the original full shape once and then 
> > > hook each weight map to both copies.. freeze the relationship to bake 
> > > changes, or duplicate the shape with weight map to finalize your changes 
> > > and rid yourself of the weight map..
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >     ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > >     *From:* John Clark <mailto:john.clark23(at)ntlworld.com>
> > >
> > >     *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM <mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > >
> > >     *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:30 AM
> > >
> > >     *Subject:* Mirror shape
> > >
> > >     Hi
> > >
> > >     Does anyone have a script for mirroring shapes that works in
> > >     xsiV5. None of the scripts I’ve found on either xsinet or xsi base
> > >     seem to work anymore. Or is there some cunning way of doing this
> > >     in 5 without resorting to the work of some clever scipt writer
> > >     (which I’m not)?
> > >
> > >     Cheers
> > >
> > >     John
> >
> >
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> Fantastic! that works like a charm!
>
> Thanks lucas
>
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