Maya Facial Scene

Setup a Maya Facial Scene File

When there is a full body mesh, where the face is joined to the body; duplicate the mesh and select by faces as shown in the image.

Then delete the selected faces.
Bring the Head mesh back to its original transforms and have a copy/copies (in case for creating blendShape) of the Head mesh.
Now do Modelling>Mesh>Combine and merge the vertices.

Select the Head mesh and apply as blendShape with the following setting.

The scene will be tidy and easy to access for Facial Rig or creating blendShape targets !

What is happening by duplicating the mesh and in the whole work about ?
The vertex order is maintained and by following the blendShape option the geometry stays intact.

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