- In the
Modeling and
Rigging menu sets:
Deform > (Create) Delta Mush >
- In the
Animation menu set:
Anim Deform > Open full Deform menu > (Create) Delta Mush >
Basic Tab
- Smoothing iterations
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Lets you set the number of times the smoothing algorithm is run. If you set a large number of Smoothing Iterations, the amount of smoothing the vertices receive is increased, which provides better results. However, the more times the smoothing algorithm is run, the longer the effect takes to process. The default iteration value is 10.
- Smoothing step
- Specifies the smoothing step size used per smoothing iteration. Higher values may lead to instabilities but converges faster versus lower ones.
- Pin border vertices
- When enabled, border vertices of the mesh are pinned to their current position during smoothing.
- Envelope
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Specifies the deformation scale factor. Use the slider to select a value between 0.0000 and 1.0. A value of 0 specifies no deformation effect. Default is 1.0000.
Advanced Tab
- Deformation order
- Specifies the deformer’s placement in the deformable object’s deformation order. The placement can affect the deformer’s effect and performance.
Default This is the same as Before unless the deformer is going to act on a shape node with no history. In this case, the order will be the same as After.
When you create a number of deformers for an object with Default, the result is a deformation chain whose order is the same as the order in which you created the deformers.
Before After Maya places the deformer immediately after the deformable object. You can use After to create an intermediate deformed shape somewhere in the middle of the object’s history. With After, the original shape of the object is not hidden.
Split Maya splits the deformation into two deformation chains. You can use Split to deform an object in two ways at the same time, creating two final shapes that originate from the same original shape.
Parallel Maya places the deformer in parallel with the existing input nodes in the object’s history, and then blends the effects provided by the existing input nodes and the deformer. A parallel blender node (default name: parallelBlendern) that blends the effects of the existing input nodes and the new deformer is placed before the final shape.
- Exclusive
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Specifies whether the deformer set is in a partition. Sets in a partition can have no overlapping members. If on, the Partition To Use and New Partition Name options become available. Default is off.
- Partition to use
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Lists any existing partitions, and a default selection Create New Partition. If you select Create New Partition, you can edit the New Partition Name field to specify the name of a new partition. (Available if Exclusive is on.)
- New partition name
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Specifies the name of a new partition that will include the deformer set. The suggested partition name is deformPartition, which will be created if it does not already exist. Typically, you might put all your exclusive deformer sets in the partition named deformPartition. However, you can create as many partitions as you like, and name them whatever you want. Only available if Exclusive is on.