BCS - BlendShape Combination System

Manual

Note: Work-In-Progress Version

This is an unfinished copy of the BCS manual. For the old but more complete version, please see the old documentation in the “old-docs” folder of the BCS download package.

Last Modified: Dec 23, 2010

Quick Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Getting Started
4. The BCS Philosophy
5. How the System Works
6. UI Reference

Additional Tools

7. Mirror Geometry
8. Paint Deform
9. Rotate Deltas
10. Toggle View

Developer Resources

11. MEL Commands
12. Node Reference

Appendices

A. FAQs
B. Advanced DataPoint Theory
C. Glossary

Acknowledgements

Full Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 Overview
1.2 Online Resources
1.3 About this Manual

2. Installation

3. Getting Started

3.1 First Steps
3.2 Inbetweens
3.3 Using Mirror Geometry
3.4 Tweaking the Left-Right Separation
3.5 Miscellaneous Hints

4. The BCS Philosophy

4.1 About this Chapter
4.2 Overview
4.3 Considerations for Modeling DataPoints
4.4 Considerations for Inbetweens
4.5 DataPoint-Management
4.6 Making Use of the ACS
4.7 Notes About the Example Setup

5. How the System Works

5.1 About this Chapter
5.2 Weights and DataPoints
5.3 Inbetween Basics: WeightPositions
5.4 WeightPosition Layers
5.5 WeightPosition Interpolations
5.6 WeightPositionGroups
5.7 The Automatic Left-Right Separation

6. UI Reference

6.1 UI Overview
6.2 Weight List
6.3 DataPoint List
6.4 UI Settings
6.5 BCS Settings
6.6 Weight Settings
6.7 Create Weight/WPos
6.8 Data Point Info
6.9 Data Point Settings
6.10 Falloff Settings
6.11 Create Data Point
6.12 Create BCS Options
6.13 Menus

Additional Tools

7. Mirror Geometry

7.1 Overview
7.2 UI Reference
7.3 FAQs

8. Paint Deform

8.1 Overview
8.2 Quick Start
8.3 UI Reference
8.4 The PaintDeform Marking Menu
8.5 FAQs

9. Rotate Deltas

9.1 Overview
9.2 Quick Start
9.3 UI Reference
9.4 FAQs

10. Toggle View

10.1 Overview
10.2 Installation
10.3 Quick Start
10.4 UI Reference
10.5 FAQs

Developer Resources

11. MEL Commands

11.1 DPK_bcs
11.2 DPK_eval
11.3 DPK_listUI
11.4 DPK_mirrorGeo

12. Node Reference

12.1 DPK_bcs

Appendices

A. FAQs
B. Advanced DataPoint Theory
C. Glossary

Acknowledgements