Fix smooth weights

The Weight hammer tool lets you quickly fix vertices with weights that are causing spiky or otherwise undesirable deformation. Clicking the Weight hammer assigns selected vertices with weight values from neighboring vertices.

To fix vertices with undesirable weights

1. Select the object.
2. Open the Skin menu in the Rigging menu set (F3) and select Paint Weights > .
   The Paint Skin Weights Tool opens.

   

   Paint Weights Tool: A. Modes B. Weight Hammer

3. In the Mode options, choose Paint, Select or Paint Select (see A. in the image above).
   Tip:

   Use the hotkeys Ctrl + < and Ctrl + > to quickly toggle between these modes.

4. Select the vertices you want to fix.
5. Select Hammer Skin Weights from the icons below the hePaint Skin Weights Tool Influences List (see B. in the image above) or from the Skin menu.

   Hammer Skin Weights assigns the selected vertices the same weight values as their neighboring vertices. When you exercise the skeleton, you see smoother deformation results.