Hello. I have been lurking on the forum for a while now. Reading every thing I can while laying out my muscle geometry. I would like to download the 60 day trial and see how far I can get with it. But before I download the trial, I am trying to get the muscles laid out properly. I have been trying to think about how I will attach the muscles in Ziva while sculpting. But I am not sure if I am doing things properly. It feels like my muscles are filling up to much of the characters volume.

I am currently cleaning up any muscle / muscle intersection. But I think I have to much muscle / bone intersection. Removing muscle / bone intersection will remove so much of my muscle volume, that I feel like they will not simulate properly.

I have a few questions. I have never used Ziva so my questions might seem a little basic to most of you. But hopefully someone will chime in and help me along while I complete this character.

I know that I will create muscle to bone constraints. As well as muscle to muscle constraints. I know that I want to have muscle to muscle collisions. But would it be reasonable to NOT have muscle to bone collision? Allowing me to not have to worry about muscles intersecting with bone? Because I feel like if I try to clean up any muscle to bone intersection, I will be sacrificing the shape I want for my muscles to eliminate any intersection between muscle to bone. Can I make a muscle to bone constraint while the muscle to bone is intersecting each other?
I understand that I will have a muscle pass, a fascia pass, and a fat layer pass. Will the fat layer pass 'fill' the void between fascia and skin? I assume the more space I have between the fascia and skin, the more fat will be created, and in turn dampening the visual effect of any muscles underneath. How much space should I allow between my muscles and skin while laying out the muscles? Is there a rule of thumb?

I would appreciate any input on my current progress. I am still working on the latissimus and neck muscles. Thanks!
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