you could create a TEXTURE MAP , which
you could use instead of a weight map.
( you could also use it for deformers ... )
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From: "Joe Laffey" <joe(at)laffey.tv>
To: "Softimage XSI Mailing List" <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 5:38 AM
Subject: UV Texture -> Weightmap
> Is there some way to set the values of a weightmap to match those of a UV
> texturemap?
>
> I need to control hair cutting/density based on the incidence angle of the
> geometry (incidence to the Y axis). I want to have no hair on polys facing
> downward, but blend the hair so that it is full density facing up.
>
> So my thought was to use the incidence shader to make a rendermap. But
> then I realized that I don't seem to be able to connect the cut map or
> density map to a Texturemap. I can connect it to the UV coords, but to the
> values of a texture.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks,
>
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