mgear.core.skin module

Functions to work with skinCluster data.

This module is derivated from Chad Vernon’s Skin IO.

`Chad Vernon’s github

<https://github.com/chadmv/cmt/tree/master/scripts/cmt/deform>`_

mgear.core.skin.collectBlendWeights(skinCls, dagPath, components, dataDic)

mgear.core.skin.collectData(skinCls, dataDic)

mgear.core.skin.collectInfluenceWeights(skinCls, dagPath, components, dataDic)

mgear.core.skin.exportJsonSkinPack(packPath=None, objs=None, *args)

mgear.core.skin.exportSkin(filePath=None, objs=None, *args)

mgear.core.skin.exportSkinPack(packPath=None, objs=None, use_json=False, *args)

mgear.core.skin.getCurrentWeights(skinCls, dagPath, components)

Get the skincluster weights

Parameters:

• skinCls (PyNode) – The skincluster node

• dagPath (MDagPath) – The skincluster dagpath

• components (MObject) – The skincluster components

Returns:

The skincluster weights

Return type:

MDoubleArray

mgear.core.skin.getGeometryComponents(skinCls)

Get the geometry components from skincluster

Parameters:

skinCls (PyNode) – The skincluster node

Returns:

The dagpath for the components componets: The skincluster componets

Return type:

dagPath

mgear.core.skin.getObjsFromSkinFile(filePath=None, *args)

mgear.core.skin.getSkinCluster(obj)

Get the skincluster of a given object

Parameters:

obj (dagNode) – The object to get skincluster

Returns:

The skin cluster pynode object

Return type:

pyNode

mgear.core.skin.get_mesh_components_from_tag_expression(skinCls, tag='*')

Get the mesh components from the component tag expression

Thanks to Roy Nieterau a.k.a BigRoyNL from colorBleed for the snippet

Parameters:

• skinCls (PyNode) – Skin cluster node

• tag (str, optional) – Component tag expression

Returns:

The dagpath tho the shpe and the MObject components

Return type:

dagPath, MObject

mgear.core.skin.importSkin(filePath=None, *args)

mgear.core.skin.importSkinPack(filePath=None, *args)

mgear.core.skin.selectDeformers(*args)

mgear.core.skin.setBlendWeights(skinCls, dagPath, components, dataDic, compressed)

mgear.core.skin.setData(skinCls, dataDic, compressed)

mgear.core.skin.setInfluenceWeights(skinCls, dagPath, components, dataDic, compressed)

mgear.core.skin.skinCopy(sourceMesh=None, targetMesh=None, *args)