zinJointCurve
 
 

Description:
Assign number of joints to the selected nurbs curve with smooth bind.

 
 

Installation:
Simply copy the downloaded Mel script to
C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\maya\2008\scripts\
source the script from Maya Script Editor and run it by typing zinJointCurve and hit enter key
Compatible to Maya 7.x and above.

 
  Usage:


1) The interface is pretty simple. Simply select a nurbs curve and hit any number of joints button.

2) This will create, say 5 joints, to the selected curve with smooth bind.

Tips:
I have edited one of the Maya Bonus Tool script to have the smooth binding of joints to the curve. I used it extensively on sculpting Maya Hair, in the "I am Sam" project. You can go to the tutorial page to for the detail process.