O, and did I forgot to mention there is a polyShrinkWrap tool originally created by Kiaran Ritchie? I know ctbram gave a hint about this, but he didn't say that it actually works:
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calling me a bloody legend?? I take no credit. This is Mitch Zais's blog.

However, I did come up with a script that makes the process easier.

In my maya shelf I created 2 buttons with the code:...

I think I found what you're looking for

maya has a hidden feature called maya membrane that does what background constraint does, except that you need to set some settings. It's limitation is that...