How to flood smooth for a blendshape with python

[Francesco]

Hi all!

I am trying to flood smooth on a blendshape with the use of python but I can't figure out how to do it. I know how to manually set a value for each point cmds.setAttr("blendShape1.inputTarget[0].baseWeights[0]", 0), but I want to get the same behavior of hitting flood with smooth enabled. Anyone knows how I would be able to accomplish that?

Thanks!

-Francesco

[vince touache]

I don't know which algorithm precisely maya is using, but you can start by trying basic algorithms. E.g. for a given vertex, query the surrounding vertices, do an average of their weights, and that'll give you the new weight. 

Check out different algorithms (laplacian/gaussian/inverse distance weighting/etc) and see what works for you.