EasyWeight: Major update #317

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For older versions, find installation instructions [here](https://studio.blender.org/pipeline/addons/overview).
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# Features
## Features
Easy Weight allows you to control some scene-level tool settings at the user preference level. You can find these in the add-on's preferences.
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![EasyWeight Pie](../media/addons/easy_weight/pie.png)
- Operators:
- Focus Deforming Bones: Reveal and isolate all deforming bones contributing to the active mesh.
- Clear Empty Deform Groups: Remove vertex groups associated with deforming bones, which don't have any weights at all.
- Clear Unused Groups: Remove vertex groups which are not associated with a deforming bone, and not used by any shape key, modifier, or constraint.
- **Focus Deforming Bones**: Reveal and isolate all deforming bones contributing to the active mesh.
- **Clear Empty Deform Groups**: Remove vertex groups associated with deforming bones, which don't have any weights at all.
- **Clear Unused Groups**: Remove vertex groups which are not associated with a deforming bone, and not used by any shape key, modifier, or constraint.
- [Assign Automatic From Bones](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/sculpt_paint/weight_paint/editing.html#bpy-ops-paint-weight-from-bones)
- [Normalize Deform Groups](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/sculpt_paint/weight_paint/editing.html#bpy-ops-object-vertex-group-normalize-all)
- Global Brush Settings:
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- [Armature Display Type](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/animation/armatures/properties/display.html#bpy-types-armature-display-type)
- In Front (X-Ray)
### Hunting Rogue Weights
## Hunting Rogue Weights
![Weight Islands](../media/addons/easy_weight/weight_islands.png)
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- Continue with this process until all entries are gone from the list.
- In the end, you can be 100% sure that you have no rogue weights anywhere on your mesh.
### Vertex Group Operators
## Vertex Group Operators
![Vertex Group Menu](../media/addons/easy_weight/vg_context_menu.png)
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If you have any more suggestions, feel free to open an Issue with a feature request.
### Force Apply Mirror Modifier
## Force Apply Mirror Modifier
In Blender, you cannot apply a mirror modifier to meshes that have shape keys.
This operator tries to anyways, by duplicating your mesh, flipping it on the X axis and merging into the original. It will also flip vertex groups, shape keys, shape key masks, and even (attempt) shape key drivers, assuming everything is named with .L/.R suffixes.