I propose a way of using ICE to split symmetrical shape halves. Here it is in action:
(Download here and read more about it below.)
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I wrote this simple tool for a buddy at work today. In my present employer they have a lot of Apple computers running Windows and most still have the Apple keyboard in front of them.
For those unaware, the Apple keyboard has no PrintScreen key. (On another note, they have F13 to F19 keys where normal PC keyboards stop at F12.) You could download a screenshot program of course, but they’re always convoluted. Too many options when all you truly want is the simple key.
So if you’re in Windows with an Apple keyboard, or know a friend who is, download this and pass it on. 😀
It’s just 2 lines of AHK:
; F15 = PrintScreen tool / http://darkvertex.com
#NoEnv
#NoTrayIcon
#Persistent
#SingleInstance ignore
SendMode Input
~F15::
Send {PrintScreen}
There’s no interface, install or anything. You run it and it’ll sit idle in the background. Whenever you hit F15 on your shiny white Apple keyboard it will trigger the PrintScreen key. Simple as that! (To stop it, kill the process manually.)
I used to think refmodels were buggy, annoying and out to get me. After some exploration, they exhibit a couple patterns of fixable issues. Let’s bring them to light, shall we?
Here’s some of my observations with them in the context of artists animating a referenced rig in production:
If you do rigging in Softimage you probably know when trying to Mirror Weights it only pays attention to the last created Symmetry Mapping Template for that model. There’s no interface to append to or join mapping templates. It gets annoying having to recreate them and verify that Soft guessed all the correct symmetrical equivalents, so…
Sometimes you need to know the length of a curve for some setups; for a while I sometimes used an addon called jsCurveLength.
However, the way it’s designed relies on the existance of the addon to evaluate. Without it, your rig is broken. I’ve made a version which is self-contained, so when you export your rig you don’t need to tell people to install any addon.
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Tool: XSI Docs Self-Translation Patch
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