A plugin for Maya to deform objects using shape matching.

Base from a simple hello world maya plugin: https://github.com/kbladin/Maya_Plugin_Hello_World

The deformation is based on this paper: http://www.beosil.com/download/MeshlessDeformations_SIG05.pdf

Build project files with cmake:

• OSX
  • mkdir build
  • cd build
  • cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DMAYA_VERSION=2015 ../ (or whatever maya version)
  • You may have to specify MAYA_LIBRARY_DIR in cmake (then reconfigure) as well as MAYA_INCLUDE_DIR if they are not found
• Linux
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• Windows
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Compile:

• OSX
  • cd in to build/ directory
  • sudo cmake --build . --config Release --target install
• Linux
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• Windows
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Load plugin:

• OSX:
  • The compiler will build the file shapeMatchDeformer.bundle,
• Linux
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• Windows
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• Open Maya and go to Window -> Settings/Preferences -> Plug-in Manager
• Browse for shapeMatchDeformer and open.

Now the helloWorld function can be run from the python terminal by:

• import maya.cmds as cmds
• cmds.helloWorld()

The deformer plugin is used as follows:

• Create an object to be deformed
• Select the object
• Apply the deformer with: cmds.deformer(type='shapeMatchDeformer')

A default scene can be created by running the script melScripts/createExampleScene.mel This will create a torus and add a shapeMatchDeformer-node to it. It will also connect the attributes (gravity and time) so that the simulation can be run.

If Armadillo needs to be compiled:

• OSX
  • Go to /ext/armadillo/armadillo-6.300.2
  • cd build
  • cmake ..
  • Copy libarmadillo.6.30.2.dylib, libarmadillo.6.dylib and libarmadillo.dylib to /ext/armadillo/lib
• Linux
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• Windows
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