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# 1 12-01-2004 , 10:44 PM

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Ok. I'm stumped on this one.

After smooth binding the skin to the skeleton, there are places that are influenced by joints they shouldn't be. Ok, this is normal... so I go in and begin to edit them by adding and removing weights as needed. Now, here's the dilemma: if I remove weights from a joint and select another joint, when I go back to the first joint, the weights I just removed are back.

Why?

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# 2 12-01-2004 , 11:01 PM

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You can use the hold weights button in the tool settings to prevent that. Also it is better to add weights rather than to remove. When you add weight to a point, the weights for other joints are automatically lowered because the sum is always 1.

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# 3 13-01-2004 , 02:27 AM

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Dave please let us know if this helps.. becouse if it dosn't I might be having/had the same problem.

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# 4 13-01-2004 , 02:34 AM

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well then how do you prevent the weights from being added when you bind skin?

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# 5 13-01-2004 , 04:54 AM

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Originally posted by dave_baer
well then how do you prevent the weights from being added when you bind skin?

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You'll end up tweaking the weights no matter what you do user added image

But one thing that seems to help is to lower the Max Influences to 2 or 3 in the Smooth Bind Options. Try playing with the other settings too...

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# 6 13-01-2004 , 04:59 AM

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heh. I figured it out and came to reply what I found and saw your reply was the exact thing I found. You were correct kbrown. The max influences were set to 5. I lowered them and it localized the influence area for each joint. Thanks! user added image