[Bf-animsys] Layered Bone Deform

[Bassam Kurdali]

So is this basically like using more than one armature? If it can be
achieved with two armatures (or 3) I'm against it; just use those
armatures, and if the problem is that it is cumbersome to add
constraints/select bones across multiple armatures, I'd just fix that
(which would also help animators working with multiple rigs) rather than
add still more complexity into the system (without actual benefit)

Remember: make simple things easy, difficult things possible!

For the record, I'm already rigging with 3 armatures for complex
characters, sometimes more. I think the issue is the interaction between
them for the user (adding constraints, multi-pose mode selection) not
basically jamming multi armatures into one.
Unless I misunderstood....
Cheers
Bassam
On Sun, 2014-11-16 at 07:54 -0600, Daniel Salazar - patazstudio.com
wrote:
> Hi Gaia, thanks for the reply. I'm not sure that's enough, let me
> explain better.
> 
> It's not only about visually organizing different sets of vgroups but
> more importantly about separating the *auto normalization* of all
> vgroups. With different layers you can make the modifier only
> normalize the vgroups in that specific layer.
> 
> I have updated the image to add the modifier side of all this (one
> possible implementation that I discussed with Joshua this morning). It
> basically only adds a new entry to define the layer (or group or
> set..) that this modifier should care of, ignoring the rest.
> 
> http://3developer.com/tmp/Layered_Deform.png
> 
> cheers!
> 
> Daniel Salazar
> patazstudio.com
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