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[kgkraeer2]

Hey everyone. I have a very thin character that I rigged and skinned a while back; so I opened the skinned version and decided to add some clothing simply as an exercise (new to cloth). The Maya tutes helped me to a point, but how do you animate a guy once he's draped in clothing? My clothes don't match the moves the guy's making even remotely....they usually stay in place.

I guess I'm wondering if I should do my clothing right after the modeling, and include them in the skinning process (painting weights, etc.)?

Thanks!

[cyphre]

Well I haven't done much with Maya cloth, but I can tell you from a stitch perspective that you want to have your character animated first so that you can then sim the cloth to his movements. You could always just skin him but then the motion of the cloth that you had simmed wouldn't be reflected in the movements

[overdriven]

No, your cloth should not be included in the skinning process. In my experience, it's easier to add the cloth after your character is skinned.
If your cloth usually just sits there, take a look at your collision attributes and tweak them, especially the depth at which your cloth gets repelled by the object.
Good luck!