# Influences Menu

- Assign Selected to Joint
- Auto-Assign Selected
- Remove All Influences from Selected
- Remove Selected Joint from Influencing
- Convert Multiple Influences to Single
- Select Joint Influences
- Select Influenced Vertices
- Select Influenced Points
- Select Unassigned Vertices
- Select Unassigned Points

# Assign Selected to Joint

### Overview

Assign Selected to Joint assigns the currently selected vertices and points to the currently selected bone joint. You may have more than one bone joint selected.

Select a bone joint, chose any vertex selection tool, and then use Shift-Select to select vertices without unselecting the bone joint.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Auto-Assign Selected

### Overview

Auto-Assign Selected assigns the currently selected vertices and points to the joints that MM3D thinks are most appropriate. You can increase and decrease the tendency to assign a vertex to multiple joints.

Generally auto-assign works fine when the bone joints are obvious, requires some adjustment in weight when near a joint, and doesn't do a very good job at all if the vertex is betwen several joints but not along one of the bone lines. The algorithm is not perfect, but is a good starting point to begin fine-tuning manually.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Remove All Influences from Selected

### Overview

Remove All Influences from Selected will unassign any bone joints that are assigned to the selected vertices or points.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Remove Selected Joint from Influencing

### Overview

Remove Selected Joint from Influencing will remove the selected bone joint as an influence from any vertex or point.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Convert Multiple Influences to Single

### Overview

Convert Multiple Influences to Single will find vertices and points with multiple influences and remove all the influences except for the strongest influence.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Select Joint Influences

### Overview

Select Joint Influences will select any bone joints that are assigned as influences to any of the selected vertices or points.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Select Influenced Vertices

### Overview

Select Influenced Vertices will select any vertices that are influenced by the selected bone joint.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Select Influenced Points

### Overview

Select Influenced Points will select any points that are influenced by the selected bone joint.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Select Unassigned Vertices

### Overview

Select Unassigned Vertices will select any vertices that are not influenced any bone joints.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

# Select Unassigned Points

### Overview

Select Unassigned Points will select any points that are not influenced any bone joints.

### Keyboard shortcuts

- None

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