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# Hair Strand Builders

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**Overview**

In addition to our initial Curve To Proxy Managers (layer based), a strand based builder are now available in both **Tube** and **Card**. These new builders allows more advanced and up to date tools. As of V15.04.01, both tools have its own icon on the Main UI.

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Do not use both builders in the same scene.
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Before we start, the strand builders requires TWO things to be set.

1. **Component tags to be used for deformation.**\
   Please go to Preferences -> Settings -> Animation and ensure that you turn on **both**:

* Use component tags for deformation component sublets
* Create component tags on deformer creation&#x20;

2. **The 'lookdevKit.mll' plug in need to be turned on in the Plug-in Manager (Windows > Settings/Preferences ). This is automated in V15.02.12 +**
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