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Creating other models and effects with hair

Creating hair

Create your own hair on surfaces

 

User Guide > Dynamics and Effects > Hair > Creating hair > 

Use hair presets

Select Hair > Get Hair Example to choose from hair presets (wigs), styled hair systems that you can import and attach to surfaces. Each example file includes:

• A full hair system (see hairSystemShape for details on the hair system)
• A base surface that temporarily hosts the hair system
• A hair constraint collision sphere, if it is necessary for the preset

You can quickly import Hair Presets into your scene, play, and render them without alteration.

Modify these files to customize hair styles and behavior, use them as learning tools to understand how to create your own hair styles, or use them simply for ideas.

To import a Hair Preset into a scene

1. In the Dynamics menu set, select Hair > Get Hair Example. The Visor window opens to the Hair Examples tab.
2. Right-click the desired Hair Preset and select Import. Maya imports the hair system and its surface into your scene. See To transplant a Hair Preset to another surface.

   The Notes section at the bottom of the Attribute Editor provides information about the Hair Preset, pointing out the key aspects of its construction.