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Skin Wrap Modifier 823
Advanced Paramete rs rollout
The Mirror tools in Skin Wrap let you apply
local settings (Strength and S cale) f rom cont rol
vertices on one side of a control object to the other,
mirroringthemacrossaplanealignedwiththeX,
Y, or Z axis. This is useful for setting up character
meshes.
Note: Mirror copies only Skin Wrap settings from
control vertices; it doesn’t copy animation data.
Thus, when using Skin Wrap with a character
model, first make local settings for control vertices
on one side of the control object, select the vertices
to copy, mirror them, and then animate the control
object.
The Bake/Retrieve Control Vertices functions let
you store control-vertex settings into the base
object and then retrieve them. This is useful for
sharing data among artists working on the same
project.
Show Mir ror Data—Tu r ns on d isplay of t he mi r ro r
plane gizmo as well as a small circle showing the
projected location for each selected control vertex.
Movethegizmoandtheprojectedlocationswith
the Mirror O ffset control (see follow ing).
Note: Formirrordatatobevisible,theSkinWrap
> Control Vertices sub-object lev el must be active.
Mirror Plane—ChoosetheX,Y,orZaxisfor
mirroring.
Mirror Offset—Movesthemirrorplaneaswellasall
mirrored vertices.
Mi r ror T hres hold—Sets the dista nce, in system
units, that Skin Wrap uses to find a control vertex
near a projected vertex. Increase this if vertex
locations are not the same on either side of the
mirror plane.
Mirror Selected—C opies the local settings from
each selected control vertex to any control vertices
w ithin the threshold distance of its projected
location on the other side of the mirror plane.
BakeControl Verts—Stores the Local Strength/Scale
and the g lobal Falloff, Distance Infl., and Face
Limit settings on the control objects for later
retrieval with Retrieve Control Vertices.
Note: This data is static; any changes to the
base-object topolog y invalidates it.
Retr ieve Control Ver ts—Ta ke s a ny contro l - ver tex
data stored on the control objects with Bake
Control Vertices and copies them into the modifier.
Display Parameters rollout