Hi Bradley, What about transferring the weights on a cav map (script or direct paint on it ?), creating a group of siobjects and keep a relationship between both by the display color <-> color at vertex (smooth weights should not be that easy to process, but at least absolute ones should be ... ) ??
Another solution could be a 'userdatamap' ('facerobot' uses some to store extra envelopes informations for custom ops) mixed with a cav map. This last idea would be the same as applying an envelope, painting it, creating a group to keep a track to the deformers, duplicating the envelope cluster and it's map, and finally freezing. just some thoughts, :) jo 2012/4/17 Bradley Gabe <witha...@gmail.com> > I'd like to be able to use the envelope weighting workflow to control a > custom ICE deformer, rather than an envelope op. > > The hacky way to do this is to mute the envelope operator, but I was > wondering if anyone has figured out a more direct way to get access to the > weight painting workflow without applying the envelope deformation. > > -B >