Print weights using skinCluster.weightList

[user_deleted]

Hi,
after a full day reading testing and crashing scripts to print to file the skin weights of thousands vertices, I wonder if any of you ever try to use the "skinCluster.weightList[].weights[]" inputs of the skinCluster mesh to loop thru the vertices and extract the data.
Looks too simple .... Is there a trap ?
thanks,
Guy.

[rob-bateman]

use the skinPercent mel command. Directly accesing attributes for this kinda thing is rarely as straightforward as it seems...

A better solution may be to use the exportSkinClusterDataCmd.cpp example within the Maya API - it's a bit more reliable (and a lot more efficient)

[joojaa]

not true! you can plunk all the different weights renge on a vertex like this

getAttr "skinCluster1.weightList [0].weights[0:1] "; //two joints bound [0:1]

per joit per range of vertices vertices

getAttr "skinCluster1.weightList [0:100].weights[0] ";

or Super Combo

getAttr "skinCluster1.weightList [0:100].weights[0:1] ";

Likewise setattr can set in a similliar fashion.

Have a nice day. Im out to party