Working on a rig that requires a muscle system, first time I have needed muscles since I upgraded to 2016. Where did all the muscle options go in Maya? According to Maya documentation online there is a Muscle Deformer under the Deformer menu but it isn't actually there, at least not on SP4. Was it replaced with something? Or am I finally officially insane and not seeing it right in front of me?
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Hi, norrisavtech
To find the Muscle menus in Maya 2016, you need be under your "Animation" menu sets. Click on "Anim Deform" and click on the bottom line that says "Open full defrom Menu" you will find the Muscle menu item in that longer list.. here is screen grab of the fully opened menu. hope this helps..
Good luck.
Hi cornelh,
Thank you for the reply. For some reason that is still not showing up in my menu. I attached a screen shot of it. Everything appears to be the same as yours, except it skips the Muscle menu. I am using Maya 2016 SP4.
Hi! I had the same problem, so press SPACE on your keyboard to acess all the options of Maya, then go to Deform. The muscle was there, I couldn't find it by serching for it on the Animation tab.
The 'Space Key Menu' < Deform is also the only way I can access this menu, as the 'OpenFullDeformMenu' button gives me an error in AniDeformationsMenu.mel, BUT
First I had to go to Windows < Settings/Preferences < Plug-In Manager, and turn on MayaMuscle.mll before it would appear.
I was having the same problem, where the muscle menu was missing. I didn't find it under AnimDeform, nor when I pressed space and went that route. I had already checked the Plug-In Manager to make sure the MayaMuscle was loaded, and it said it was. Confused, I experimented by unclicking the load button in the Plug-In Manager and hitting refresh, then re-clicking the load button. Sure enough, the Muscle menu popped up like it should have.
I had the same problem. The muscle menu should be under the "Wrinkle" option under the Full Deform Menu (in Maya 2017) which you can get to by going to the Animation mode, then AnimDeform> Open Full Deform Menu. However, I seem to constantly get a bug where the muscle menu doesn't show up. This is an easy fix. Just go to Windows> Settings/Preferences > Plug-In Manager to open the Plug-In Manager. Scroll down the list until you find the MayaMuscle.mll preset. Even though it says the preset is loaded, it does not show up in the Deform menu. Deselect the "Loaded" box next to MayaMuscle.mll and hit Refresh. Then Re-select the preset and hit Refresh again. This will jog the computer's memory, and the muscle menu should now appear in the Deform window under "Wrinkle". It is named "Muscle".
Hope this helps anyone having the same problem.