Flex - feather system for maya

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FLEX: General purpose feather system for Maya – Plugin Development
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Technology: C++, Maya API, MEL
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Description:
Main Features:
• Non-Destructive workflow
• Interactive modification
• Applying animation using key frames and dynamics
• Styling using control curves
• Pipeline friendly; Saves and Exports feather data to attribute maps and Maya’s geometry cache
Flex Pipeline:
Stage (1) – Sample distributing
• [ Particle Repulsion ]: Distributing samples using particle repulsion algorithm
• [ Uniform ]: Distributing samples using uniform methods including grid and padded grid
• [ Paint Samples ]: Painting samples using Artisan for greater control over samples distribution
• [ Randomizing Samples ]: Adding chaos to samples using various methods including noise and randomization
• [ Cut and Density Maps ]: Applying Cut map to remove samples; Applying density map to alter density of samples
Stage (2) – Flex geos scattering
• [ Spine ID Editor ]: Defining Edge Spine ID for flex geometries
• [ Flex Scattering ]: Scattering flex geometries over samples using various options including Instancing, initial
orientation, etc.
Stage (3) – Tweaking and Editing Flex geos
• [ Flex Replacing ]: Non-destructive flex geometry replacement using various options including map, range and deep mode
• [ Flex Attributes Mapping ]: Setting flex geometries attributes by mapping to files and textures
• [ Randomizing Flex Attributes ]: Adding randomization to flex geometries attributes
• [ Flex Initial State Editor ]: Setting flex geometries initial states after tweaking and editing
Stage (4) – Flex Partitioning
• [ Flex System ]: Defining various flex system for greater control over flex geometries (Wing, Body, Chest, …)
• [ Flex Active Mode Editor ]: Setting active flex mode including Guided (Control Curves), Passive (Interpolated), Static
Stage (5) – Styling
• [ Guided Flex Styling ]: Styling passive flex geometries using active guided flex geometries
Stage (6) – Dynamics / Animation
• [ Set Collision ]: Attaching geometries to flex systems as collision objects
• [ Connect to Field ]: Connecting Maya’s fields to flex systems
Stage (7) – Exporting Cache
• [ Flex Attributes Exporter ]: Exporting flex geometries attributes using texture maps
• [ Flex Cache Exporter ]: Exporting flex geometries animation to Maya’s native geometry cache format
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