I'm not in front of maya right now but a couple thoughts: Did you try the polyUnite without retaining history? ``` python cmds.polyUniteSkinned(self.frags, ch=False) ```
If you go the route of rebuilding a skinCluster from scratch on the final merged geometry, keep in mind that skinClusters can only deform one geometry, unlike many other deformers. 2015-11-04 17:13 GMT+01:00 Aren Voorhees <[email protected]>: > Hey everyone, > > I'm working on a tool that loops through a bunch of meshes, creates a > joint for each and bakes the mesh's keyframes to the respective joint. I > have it working, but they way I'm doing it now is kind of slow because I am > merging all the meshes at the end in order to collapse all the skinClusters > down to one (so I don't have like, a million skinClusters in my export). > Does anyone have any ideas on how I can avoid that last merge step that is > taking so long? This tool will be used on files with 1000+ meshes which is > why I am concerned about speed. > > def skin_frags(self): > > cmds.cutKey(self.frags) > > count = 0 > for i in self.frags: > cmds.makeIdentity(i, apply=True) > skinCluster = cmds.skinCluster(i, self.fragJnts[count]) > cmds.parent(self.fragJnts[count], self.scaleJnt) > count += 1 > > cmb = cmds.polyUniteSkinned(self.frags) #This is what makes it so > slow! > cmds.rename(cmb[0], "Frags_Merged") > > I was trying out a separate idea too, where I create one skinCluster node, > then add each joint and mesh to that skinCluster, something like this: > > frags = cmds.ls(sl=True) > > fragJnts = [] > count = 0 > for i in frags: > fragPos = cmds.xform(i, query=True, t=True) > cmds.select(clear=True) > jnt = cmds.joint(position=fragPos, name='Frag_' + str(count) + '_JNT') > cmds.parent(i, jnt) > fragJnts.append(jnt) > count += 1 > > sc = cmds.skinCluster(frags[0], fragJnts[0]) > > count = 1 > for i in range(1, len(frags)): > cmds.skinCluster(sc, edit=True, addInfluence=fragJnts[count], > geometry=frags[count], useGeometry=True) #Here I am trying to one-by-one > add the joint and respective mesh, but haven't got that > > working yet either > count += 1 > > > If anyone has any tips with either method I'm trying to use, I'd really > appreciate it! > > Thanks, > Aren > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/a89820b9-764a-4738-8246-9f099ec5712d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/a89820b9-764a-4738-8246-9f099ec5712d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAD65uqnATgsgF4ZkDDW2qJ2SKROA2oGseA-6oamMwUqvJU8W%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
