Because the inter-axis scale of the vertex weights changes – it's easier to create the model in the correct orientation in a 3D editor, and it's actually an order of magnitude faster than recalculating!
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Because the inter-axis scale of the vertex weights changes – it's easier to create the model in the correct orientation in a 3D editor, and it's actually an order of magnitude faster than recalculating!