Dual Quaternion Skinning Maya plugin
FILE SIZE:  353 KB
DOWNLOADED:  4,561
HOMEPAGE:   http://mayadqskinning.sourceforge.net
LICENSE TYPE:   Freeware
PLATFORMS:    Windows
Maya Versions:   7.x, 8.x, 2008

DETAILS:

This project is a Maya plugin which implements a dual quaternion skinning node, similar to Maya’s skinCluster node. The skinning method used by the skinCluster node in Maya is sometimes referred to as linear blend skinning and is widely used, but is known to have some problems. Some of these problems can be avoided by using dual quaternion skinning..

Download here:

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/plugins/animation/download-4625.html?loc=MayaSkinClusterDq-1.1.0.zip