How to transfer weight maps?

[vincent1]

Greetings,

How do I transfer weight maps from one model to another? The meshes are variations of one mesh and have identical polys and points.
But with one difference; the modified mesh without weights has a UV map.

So when I use Background to morph, the weights transfer but not the UV map. So when I copy the UV map and paste into the endomorph, all the weights are over-ridden and disappear. I can have one or the other but not both.

What am I doing wrong?

[Dodgy]

You should be able to copy the uv'd mesh into the layer with the weight maps and AS LONG AS IT HAS NO WEIGHT MAPS do a merge, so all the points in the same places merge together, the UV's will copy onto the weighted mesh.

[CB_3D]

There´s a free plugin for just that on www.flay.com that works even on meshes with different polycounts.

[Panikos]

Here :
http://www.kanra-kanra.com/html/takeout.htm

:)

[Dodgy]

Now that is a sexy piece of kit! What I've been waiting for for ages :)

[ercaxus]

Never seen those before. Thanks Panikos. :)

[Panikos]

:) with pleasure

Dodgy, Rico didnt email. Remind him if you see him around :)

[vincent1]

The scripts somehow doesn't work with ZBrush's GUV mapping. :-(

Looks like I have to reweight every model variation.

Thanks for the suggestion Dodgy, but the meshes vary wildly, although they have the same number of polys, so merge here won't work.