skinning tool 0.4.1 for Maya (maya script)

now also featured on gumroad: https://gumroad.com/peerke
video explenation on the tools can be found here: https://youtu.be/xyfhcdNJL9o

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# SkinWeights command and component editor
# Copyright (C) 2016 Trevor van Hoof
# Website: https://www.trevorius.com
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# pyqt attribute sliders
# Copyright (C) 2016 Daniele Niero
# Website: https://danieleniero.com/
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# neighbour finding algorythm
# Copyright (C) 2016 Jan Pijpers
# Website: https://www.janpijpers.com/
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# skinningTools and UI
# Copyright (C) 2016 Perry Leijten
# Website: https://www.perryleijten.com
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# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for a copy of the GNU General 
# Public License.
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#                    I N S T A L L A T I O N:# works in maya 2012+
# Copy the "skinningTool" folder with contents to your Maya scriptsdirectory:
# windows:    MyDocuments\Maya\scripts\
# OSX:        Users\Shared\Autodesk\Maya\scripts\               
# linux:        usr\people\<your login name>\maya\scripts\     (not fully supported yet)
# use this text as a python script within Maya:

from skinningTool import SkinningToolsUI
SkinningToolsUI.startUI()

# this text can be entered from the script editor and can be made into a button
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# note: PyQt and sip or pyside and shiboken libraries are necessary to run this file
# skinning plugins are created for windows maya 2012 to 2016 (64 bit) 
# source is added so it can be compiled for newer versions or 32bit versions
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