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Weight Brush Tool

Weight Brush Tool

The Weight Brush Tool allows you to assign vertex weights to selected bones by brushing them.

How to Use​

  1. Select the desired bones in the Scene or Bone Tree area. Bone Select

    tip

    shortcut Shift+Click​

    This shortcut allows you to select the desired bone directly in the scene.

  2. Launch the Weight Brush Tool.

  3. Set the weight value to be assigned in the Weight property. Weight Brush Tool Propertie

  4. Click-Drag the surface. Weight Brush Tool Drag

  5. Weights have been applied to the vertices. Weight Brush Tool Result

Properties​

Weight Brush Tool Properties

Weight​

This property allows you to set the weight value to be painted.

It can range from 0 to 1.

Brush​

Weight Brush Tool Properties Brush

This property allows you to adjust the size and strength of the brush.

Size Type​

This property selects the base for the brush size.

Pixel

This property determines the size of the brush in pixels.

You can set the size in the Brush Radius Pixel property.

Distance

This property determines the size of the brush relative to its size in the world.

You can set the size in the Brush Radius Distance property.

Distance Centimeter

Determines the size of the brush relative to its size on the world. The unit is centimeters.

You can set the size in the **Brush Radius Distance property.

Brush Radius Distance​

This property sets the size of the brush relative to its worldly size.

Available only when the Size Type property is set to Distance, Distance Centimeter.

Brush Radius Pixel​

This property sets the size of the brush in pixels.

This property is only available when the Size Type property is set to Pixel.

Brush Strength​

Property for brush strength.

Fall Off​

A Graph Type property that determines the shape of the brush. It can be edited by clicking on the graph next to Fall Off.

Fall Off Shape Example​

This is an example of how the Fall Off shape changes the appearance of the selection.

Basic​

Weight Brush Tool Properties Basic

Properties for rigging convenience.

Show Handler​

Show or hide handlers for moving or rotating bones.

Show Bones​

Property to show bones.

Show Bones Names​

This property shows the names of the bones.

Enable Clicking On Bones​

Property that allows you to set whether or not to enable selecting bones via Shift+Click.

Example Usage​