Average Skin Weight

This script is useful for rigging suspension springs and all types of cords. It averages vertex skin weights around each edge loop, copies skin weights from one object to another, and includes a plane template for rigging.

To install, drag and drop script code to your Maya shelf or copy script into Maya scripts folder c:\Users\%Userprofile%\Documents\maya\scripts\, then use this code to create a shortcut on your shelf

• To install, drag and drop script code to your Maya shelf or copy script into Maya scripts folder, then use this code to create a shortcut on your shelf.
  from avg_skin_weight import avg_skin_weight
  reload(avg_skin_weight)
  
  
• For Maya 2022+ Python 3.0
  import importlib
  from avg_skin_weight import avg_skin_weight
  importlib.reload(avg_skin_weight)

Average Skin Weight 1.01 

• Rig plane set to double-sided
• Progress bar added for averaging vertex weights
• New function "Replace Joint" added to swap source/target joints and transfer their geometry skin weights
• Minor bug fixes