Addon for blender containing tools for simplifying workflow in blender weight paint mode. Useful for riggers, animators and character artist but not only.
easy menu for applying weights to vertices - with properly working symmetry and auto normalization
mirroring weights
symmetrize vertex groups
easy picking/copying vertex weights
mixing vertex weights - add, replace, multiply.
improved smoothing, levels - with properly working symmetry and auto normalization
Grab it from https://gumroad.com/l/weight_paint_tools
As a bonus you can also get âDraw Weightsâ addon for displaying all vertex groups with different color. It is useful for debugging problems with vertex weights, for example if color of vertex is too dark/bright it means weights assigned to it are not properly normalized (they are too low/ too high):
added custom draw gradient tool (defautl hotkey ctrl+D (or from pie: ctrl+X -> Weight Tools -> Draw Gradient) - in weight paint mode when vertex masking is enabled). It has custom gradient profile option, and works with symmetry.
Any chance this could be expanded to mirror seams and uvâs as well, without changing the Vertex Order? I often get meshed that have been rigged already that I have to re-unwrap, and the addons I have that mirror can often fail. Having some manual control in the matter would be super helpful!
Vertex Location would be great as well, come to think of it. Thereâs a âsnap to symmetryâ command, but it fails on a lot of common scenariosâŚ
I made this script (it may slow down the vieport since opengl drawing with python is bit slow):
It will draw color for each vertex group. If color is to bright it means, sum of vertex weight if above 100%, if it is dark then sum of vertex weights is below 100%. So it shoudl be normalized:
I think you could use build in Data transfer modifier for uv mirroring. But it would require UV half of mesh, duplicate, mirror it, and then use this mirrored duplicate as source mesh for data transfer.
About vertex snapping for mirrored mesh - blender build int Snap to symmetry should work ok if you play with its F6 props, and increase threshold param. Or you can use steps from above, and use mirrored duplicate, as source for shrink wrap modifier on original object.
Hi,
Awesome addition to the workflow! Reminds me a bit of Softimage
Just a quick question, is there a way to get a spreadsheet like overview of all weights and bones?
Or is this not possible due to limitations in the Blender UI?
All implementations are always in those sidebars, and no popup windows, or dockable view for more âstuffâ.
Like a Light manager for instance too, itâs hard to get all data into such a small vertical area.
