ngSkinTools is a skinning plugin for Autodesk Maya, introducing new concepts to character skinning such as layers, any-pose-mirroring, enhanced paint brushes, true smoothing, and more.
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Hello Uiron! Currently having an issue with your otherwise very promising plugin. I'm new to Maya, so I may be misunderstanding something, but I seem to be unable to "initialize skinning layers" with the error that Layer data cannot be attached to it, even when I try with simple polygonal geometry.
Model has to be ready for skin weight painting. That is, you set your rig as usual - create joints, controls, bind smooth skin to mesh, but instead of using maya's "paint skin weights" tool, open ngSkinTools window and use it instead.
James Testmann
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