mDrake Update

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Evaluating updating mDrake for the workshop

• Face was skewing young and a little squashed.
• Need to check hands as well for shape

• reworked mDrake head a bit more
• replaced arms and torso with the version I'd been mucking with a couple of years ago

• 4cm longer legs |template
• ...mesh

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Face

To do

• BUILDER | add visFormHandles
• state mask | eye
• state mask | brow
• state mask | muzzle
• brow joint size at skeleton is huge. use joint Radius
• brow | need the aim handles setup split between anchors and joints
• Eye | bring in new eye template helper from facs push
• eye | orient for pupil,iris weird at prerig
• eye | need to make changing joint drivers not require complete reprerig\
• eye | make differing joint counts work at build
• eye | add way to train lid close
• eye | rework upr/lrw aims. They're not doing much. Need more meat?
• muzzle | add upr cheek
• muzzle | add upr smile
• muzzle | add upr cheek bone
• muzzle | add curve lip setup
• muzzle | add visFormHandles setup
• muzzle | fix direct control sizes
• muzzle | upr teeth not getting parented right
  

Working through new lines

• define | new attrs | numSmile, numUprCheek and ammended enums with lineSimple
• pre | added setup to split a curve of a few data points to get new points, connected
• skeleton | builds joints now and wires
• rig skeleton | build rig joints now plus drivers, added new md_lines dict to self to use already processed bits rather than having to redo sorting that
• rig shapes | account for new wiring
• rig controls | account for new wiring
• rig frame| account for new wiring, new follow setups. Think we may need side anchors

Build 1

https://twitter.com/CgMonastery/status/1346133221923295233

• Bug | fixed bug with brow handles not aiming right.

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More mesh work on the face...

• brought back old nose form
• brought back original skull form
• raised li line brow line
• bigger eye orbs

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Face Build 1
https://mobile.twitter.com/CgMonastery/status/1346521490947252226

• Roll geo changes from testing file to main mesh
• Turn on scale options on the rig
• change brow joints to name with proper L,R tags
• try standard lid layout

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Tests

• Try 2 roll counts on arm/legs
• test hand for nice fist

Full build

• add bank setup on hands
• Combine templates
• Build
• Skinning pass

To fix

• Builder | changing joint count on segment should trigger joint helper build unless at prerig state
• Builder | most block edit calls should update the editor
• LIMB | bug with pivot helper option
• LIMB,HEAD,SEGMENT | New rig precheck to ensure joints are parented

Full Build 1

https://mobile.twitter.com/CgMonastery/status/1347031798413488129

• Roll in new geo changes
• adjust finger joint positions on template and rebuild
• clean shirt up
• connect head to new neck
• face weights in
• jointRadius on rightArm is off

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Build 2

• Spine joints == control count
• Finger tweaks
• jointRadius on right arm fixed
• hair mid joint a little closer to scale to avoid penetration better
• Match finger geo a little better to template
• Get weights on new skin cage from first build
• build new
• skin

https://twitter.com/CgMonastery/status/1347256633714307073

Notes

• Skin cages are vital for iterative workflow

Build 3 - rig 02

• Legs were off from not snapping to rp
• Shirt geo split
• Push

Build 4 - rig 03

• Neck geo non manifold
• lose proxy direct
• fix teeth/tongue handle/joint positions
• rotate head settings
• lid and eye pos changes with latest, update template to new mesh
• Move roll joints more in the meat of those sections

Future

• Face Joystick setup
• Final Textures
• Pose lib

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Joystick setup

• Build sdk head

##To build

• create poseBuffer validator
• create poseBuffer > control wiriing setup

import cgm.core.mrs.lib.face_utils as FACEUTILS
reload(FACEUTILS)
FACEUTILS.cgmPoseBuffer()
mBuffer = FACEUTILS.poseBuffer()
mBuffer = FACEUTILS.poseBuffer('default_faceBuffer')



FACEUTILS.push_toSDKGroup()
FACEUTILS.SDKGroups_select()

mBuffer.attrDat
mBuffer.report()
mBuffer.buffer_verify()
mBuffer.buffer_purge()
mBuffer.buffer_rebuild()

FACEUTILS.faceBuffer_verify()


import cgm.core.lib.attribute_utils as ATTR

for mObj in ml:
    for a in mObj.getAttrs(ud=True):
        if a in ['cgmName','cgmType','cgmPosition','mClass','mirrorSide','mirrorIndex','mirrorAxis']:
            continue
        ATTR.delete(mObj.mNode,a)


ml = cgmMeta.asMeta(sl=1)
for mObj in ml:
    if not mObj.getMessage('sdkGroup'):
        mObj.doGroup(True,True,asMeta=True,typeModifier = 'sdk',setClass='cgmObject')
        
for a in cgmMeta.asMeta(sl=1)[0].getAttrs(ud=1):
    print a
    
reload(cgm.lib.zoo)
import cgm.lib.zoo.zooToolbox as ZOOTOOLS
reload(ZOOTOOLS)

reload(cgm.lib.zoo.zooToolbox)
    
ml = cgmMeta.asMeta(sl=1)
ml_sdks = []
for mObj in ml:
    ml_sdks.append(mObj.getMessage('sdkGroup')[0])
mc.select(ml_sdks)

for mObj in cgmMeta.asMeta(sl=1):
    mObj.rename(mObj.p_nameBase.replace('lid_sealHeight','eye_wideNarrow'))

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SDKS

• brow_center_dn
• brow_center_up
• jaw_clench
• jaw_dn
• jaw_fwd
• jaw_left
• jaw_right
• lipCntr_lwr_back
• lipCntr_lwr_fwd
• lipCntr_upr_back
• lipCntr_upr_fwd
• mouth_dn
• mouth_left
• mouth_right
• mouth_up
• seal_centerOut
• seal_left
• seal_right
• brow_inr_dn
• brow_inr_up
• brow_mid_dn
• brow_mid_up
• brow_outr_dn
• brow_outr_up
• brow_squeeze
• cheek_blow
• cheek_dn
• cheek_suck
• cheek_up
• eye_ball_dnlwr_up
• eye_ball_left
• eye_ball_right
• eye_ball_up
• eye_blink
• eye_lwr_dn
• eye_squeeze
• eye_upr_dn
• eye_upr_up
• lipCntr_lwr_dn
• lipCntr_lwr_rollIn
• lipCntr_lwr_rollOut
• lipCntr_lwr_up
• lipCntr_upr_dn
• lipCntr_upr_rollIn
• lipCntr_upr_rollOut
• lipCntr_upr_up
• lipLwr_fwd
• lipLwr_in
• lipLwr_out
• lipLwr_up
• lipUpr_fwd
• lipUpr_in
• lipUpr_out
• lipUpr_up
• lips_frown
• lips_narrow
• lips_out
• lips_purse
• lips_smile
• lips_twistDn
• lips_twistUp
• lips_wide
• nostril_dn
• nostril_flare
• nostril_in
• nostril_up
• sneer_up

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SDK To joystick workflow

• Get all our poses in a range of motion file
• Save off the poses to the pose library just in case
• Setup sdks
• Split sdks
• Wiring by section

Review 1.27.21

• Take lip compress out of funnel shape, causing too much penetration. leave that to narror
• Split funnel top and bottom
• blit rolls top and bottom

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Mouth shapes

• Corner

Eye Shapes

Eye balls we're going to put on the fk eyes to overload these controls for our joysticks so blending between the two will switch our setups. We'll also turn off the lid track for this setup or maybe connect that to the ik/fk blend so it turns on with ik and let the fk poses drive our lid poses.

• eye ball shapes
• eyes wide
• eyes narrow
• blink wire
• blink height wire
• eyelid shapes

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Connecting to wiring

• manually wire right to left controls
• add the controls to the modules
• mirror verify

import cgm.core.mrs.lib.face_utils as FACEUTILS
reload(FACEUTILS)
FACEUTILS.controls_wireRightToLeft()

mModule = mBlock.moduleTarget
reload(mModule.UTILS)
mModule.atUtils('controls_get')

mModule.atUtils('control_add')

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Prep

from cgm.core.lib import attribute_utils as ATTR
for mObj in cgmMeta.asMeta(sl=1):#select eye settings...
    _short = mObj.mNode
    mObj.doConnectOut('FKIK','lidFollowUpr')#...wire our follow to ik on because we only want follow with ik, joystick handles the other
    mObj.doConnectOut('FKIK','lidFollowLwr')#...
    ATTR.set_default(_short,'FKIK',0)#...set default to joystick setup
    ATTR.set_lock(_short,'lidFollowUpr',True)#...lock these
    ATTR.set_lock(_short,'lidFollowLwr',True)#...

    
    
#Select the eyeLook_anim
mObj = cgmMeta.asMeta(sl=1)[0]
mObj.doConnectIn('v','R_eyeOrb_rig_anim.FKIK')#...hack but connect vis to the R eye on. It would be more elegant to do a sum node but whatever:)