reference model

[ANDY FUNG]

hi i just finish weight my character....and ready to animate
could anyone tell me how to set a reference model
i know maya can do that
but i donno how this work in XSI
thx

[HapZungLam]

what do you mean by set a reference model.? you mean save it as a shape?

[ANDY FUNG]

not save it as shape
uhmm.......like while i am animating on my character
when i found out something wrong with the texture or weighting
i can go back to the reference model to make some change
and after i fixed, it will fixed all my sence automatic
so that i don't have to redo the animation

[ANDY FUNG]

uhmm..... I think aj has said sthing like this b4
http://www.cgvisual.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=615

[ANDY FUNG]

no one know how to make it mah??
becuz i need it in hurry
anyone can help??

[HKazami]

You forgot XSI uses non-destructive NON-LINEAR ANIMATION la?
so, you don't have to redo animation because once you save the animation, you can apply to any character!

i believe "Reference model" is only needed when you have a team of people each doing a different task. but well, i guess you can use that to do what you want. Just save/export the whole model tree of your character as .emdl model. Then just start a new scene and File>Import>Reference model!

Any change to .emdl model can be updated in your animation scene through Edit>Model>Update Reference Model.

An alternative way is to use the "Character Substiution" Script in NetView.

Hope that helps!

[HapZungLam]

As HKazami said you can export it as a model. also, you can just grap the animtion and store it as action. so you can bring it back in the mixer.

[ANDY FUNG]

yeah........thx everyone
i got it now