XGen Geometry Rename:

• A tool for renaming XGen bind mesh. We all know how unstable XGen is when it comes to renaming the mesh. It can be done, but it’s tedious. This tool is built to reduce the steps required in case the geometry must be renamed. It will work in most cases.​
• Demo Video

XGen Groomable Spline Transfer:

• An XGen groomable spline description transfer tool. As XGen is highly dependent on folder structures and naming conventions, there are a few things to take note of for this tool to work properly.
• Please visit the tool manual page for these restrictions and details.
  
• Demo Video

NOTE: These two new tools are built for users that work in XGen with basic workflow. As there can be many different workflow between users, if you have a build that does not work, please contact me. 

XGen Deep BackUp:

• Updated backup folders list so it’s sorted based on creation time now.

Curve To Curl/Curve To Braid:

• Added copy/paste function, now you will be able to copy settings from one curl/braid layer to other layers.

• Fixed ‘Extract All Curls/Braid” button so it’s now extracted with the correct number of curves.
• Adjusted the “Global Scale” math in Braid Tool.

​Curve Sculpt Tool:

• XGen Style Sculpt tool on Maya Curve
• If no curves are selected prior clicking on ‘Sculpt’, the closest curve on cursor hit will be the target sculpt.
• If there are curves selected, the closest curve of the selected will be the target sculpt. 
• Control + Left Mouse Click: Adjust Radius
• Left Mouse Click: Sculpt Curve
• Shift + Left Mouse Click: Smooth curve based on the strength set
• Normalize button: spread out cvs on ‘all’ selected curves ​

demo: ​youtu.be/gY43lqFkIZ0

Curve Trim Tool/Curve Snap Tool:

• Update to address the need to delete history on selected mesh for snap/trim operation. 

Curve Add Tool:

• Curves will not be affected by ‘hidden’ mesh anymore.

Fix:

• Icons for the braid and curl tool should now be correctly displayed.

General Update:

• Licensing:  for security reasons, internet connection is required when users launch Groomer’s Tool. However, it should only be asking to enter the key and email the first time it’s installed. Users may have to enter it twice. I am still looking into this.

 

• Added XGen Existence check to all XGen utility tools.

XGen Guide Color Tool:

• Fixed an issue where guide color layer doesn't show up in the UI if XGen description contains numbers
• Added Preview Percent, defaulting to 0 to help with distracting primitives on fresh.

XGen Multi Clump Bake Tool:

• Updated with ability to perform multi clump modifier bake even if the parent clump points were created using “Generate”. 
• To allow this,  an option is added for the user to tell the UI if the “parent” Clump is based on “Guide” or “Generate”. Please make sure you select properly first. 

Curve Rebuild Tool:

• Redesigned workflow for a more user friendly workflow
• Users will click on ‘Tag’ on selected curves first that need to be rebuilt. From tagging, UI will be able to pick up curve information. This will allow for:

- Retrieving information on length and ability to select the longest and shortest curves
- A powerful previewing ability to see what the resulting curve cvs will look like before applying the rebuild function. 
- Choose from rebuilding current curves, or on a new set of curves.

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