Re: RE: Roadkill and Edge Symmetry

Date : Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:37:40 -0700
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : Adam Sale <adamsale(at)shaw.ca>
Subject : Re: RE: Roadkill and Edge Symmetry
might be stating the obvious, but symmetrize polygons keeps the edge clusters, albeit in the same cluster... 
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From: Kim Aldis <XSI(at)kim-aldis.co.uk>
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:27 am
Subject: RE: Roadkill and Edge Symmetry

> Yeah, youïre probably right. Itïs going to be script, isnït it.
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> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On 
> Behalf Of Bradley Gabe
> Sent: 10 April 2007 19:22
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: RE: Roadkill and Edge Symmetry
> 
> 
> 
> GATOR does not seem to want to transfer edge clusters. I'm 
> attempting to do shape animation ops or something else GATOR 
> handles on edge clusters, but so far no luck!
> Even if it does work, it's going to be a tough sell for the 
> desigers. :-)
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> Last time I tried this, some time back, it was time consuming 
> because you had to do proximity tests on all points. These days, 
> though,  there must be some way to use gator for this?
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> From:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On 
> Behalf Of Bradley Gabe
> Sent: 10 April 2007 16:15
> To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Roadkill and Edge Symmetry
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> So now that we're successfully using Kim's Roadkill plugin, the
> texturing artists are asking if there is any way to get symmetry 
> from an
> edge selection. They want to be able to spend their time selecting 
> theirunwrap edges on one half of the geometry, then get a 
> symmetrical edge
> selection for the other side, then pipe it through the Roadkill 
> plugin.
> I tried storing an edge selection into a cluster, then doing a 
> duplicatesymmetry, but edge clusters are not passed via merge 
> operations. Unless
> there is a tool somewhere or a clever workaround I haven't found, this
> may be something that needs to be scripted.
> 
> -Brad 
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