Re: Select shape keys

Date : Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:52:44 +0100
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : "Ahmidou Lyazidi" <ahmidou.xsi(at)gmail.com>
Subject : Re: Select shape keys
Strange, here it does not set any fcurve, the last argument in the first line tells xsi to not add anything in the mixer.

2008/2/20, Stefan Andersson <sanders3d(at)gmail.com>:
Thanks, though it only set's the weight to 0, it doesn't remove the
Fcurve. And if anyone have a suggestion for getting a better 'ramp'
like weightmap than the symmetry map I would be very happy to hear
about it.

Here is my current 'beef' with how XSI handles shapes (I hope someone
has a workaround for this).

ex;

1.) I have 10 shapes which I apply to the main head
2.) 7 of those I would like to generate as Left/Right shapes

It applies a f-curve to each of the "SelectShapeKey" that I do.
StoreShapeKey works only if you are modeling with clusters and shapes.

grrr....

Why can't we just have a container with the shapes... Why does the
mixer have to be involved all the time...


/stefan



On 2/20/08, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou.xsi(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> Oups Stefan not Stephan
>
> 2008/2/20, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou.xsi(at)gmail.com>:
> > Hi Stephan, You can do it this way:
> > var Myshape = SelectShapeKey ("baseobject", "shapeobject",
> siShapeObjectReferenceMode,1 , 0);
> > var Myclip = ApplyShapeKey (Myshape,null ,null , 1, null, 5,null , 2);
> > SetValue (Myclip+".actionclip.weight", 0);
> >
> >
> > 2008/2/20, Stefan Andersson <sanders3d(at)gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to automate a facial rig that is similar to what I have in
> > > Maya. But the way XSI handles shapes confuses me a bit. Perhaps
> > > someone could shed some light into this.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to use the "Select Shape Key" without it adding a
> > > keyframe to the weight?
> > >
> > > Because adding an _expression_ to the weight isn't possible if it has
> > > any keys.... any my script will be unnecessary lenghty if I need to
> > > remove keyframes for each shape that is created.
> > >
> > > also, converting image to weightmap? can't find anything that doesn
> that...
> > >
> > >
> > > regards
> > > stefan 'whos been away from xsi production a long time' andersson
> > >
> > >
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