Quote - With that in mind, I don't know (without further testing) that the Hybrid method is any "less" desirable than straight closest-vert for a first pass - assuming a Restore Detail pass is going to be needed anyway.

Going downhill, it's probably just as good.  Going uphill, I suppose they both have different issues, if the shapes aren't already matched nicely.  I think Restore Detail may be needed for most shape transfers with complex actors, using either method, unless the shapes have a much better match than I've been bothering to attempt.  I'm specifically thinking about ears, which are quite difficult to align, just using tools within Poser.  Anyone who tries to match teeth will be venturing into areas where I won't even consider treading.  :lol:

The main drawback of ray-casting in a case where it's merely just as good as closest vertices would be the speed.  It's notably slower for anyone who can't use the .pyd.  Because of that, I think closest vertices should be recommended when the quality of the results of either method will be comparable.  If a user can use the .pyd, it doesn't make as much difference.  In that case, all the slowdown is coming from the closest vertices process.  :lol:

Simple meshes should be fairly easy, in most cases.  Absolutely.  :thumbupboth:

What sort of ideas do you have for a batch-handling process for this?  I tinkered with the beginnings of one with the 2008 .pyd version of TDMT, but took it no further than handling weld neighbors along with an actor.  I suspect my way of trying to approach it is/was/would be far more messy and awkward than it would need to be.

Batch handling seems like a logical next step, if development is to continue.  I know lkendall was hoping it would be added.

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