Maya API for skinning and binding, question.

[Anonymous]

I'm importing assets into a scene with an existing skeleton and mesh, and I need to bind and weight from the existing assets to the imported assets.  

I'm creating a plugin in C++ and I can't seem to find a class reference on how to bind a mesh to a skeleton, so am I right in guessing getWeight / setWeights will bind the mesh to the skeleton with influences and set the weights?

Is there no transfer weights method that could do this more easily? 

Will I have to getWeights() from the existing asset and setWeights() to the target asset? 

I'm importing the assets into the scene with a namespace so I know what ones are imported and what ones are exiting. 

[cheng_xi_li · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I am afraid it is not a good idea to do it with C++. MEL should be a better choice.

Yours,

Li

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I actually realized that yesterday. Thanks for the reply!