Re: falling/fluttery paper

["Adrian Wyer" <adrian(at)the-mill.com>]

you will fight the cloth till you give up, and end up using quickstretch 
like i did
works perfectly.... the old tricks always do!

a

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael malinowski" <hejherbert(at)hotmail.com>
To: <XSI(at)softimage.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: falling/fluttery paper


> cloth is definatly the way to go i think too. My advice would be to keep 
> your geo sparse, and tighten your params so it cannot flex to much.
> Then just use that to deform your actual paper geo if you have modelled it 
> already.
>
> mike.
>
>
> _______________
> Mike Malinowski
> Character Rigger - Animal Logic
>
>
>
> > From: "Lu" <ntmonkey18(at)hotmail.com>
> > Reply-To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > Subject: Re: falling/fluttery paper
> > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:58:36 -0700
> >
> > Right on, Noodles!!!  I think it's doable.  Just make sure you model the 
> > geometry from something other than a grid.  With the way that cloth 
> > calculates the bend and skew (assuming you're working with syflex), I 
> > think you might get better results if you have one edge running down the 
> > middle lengthwise, and then a few more crosswise.  If you use a grid, I 
> > think you'll just fight endless battles to get rid of the "crumpling" 
> > effect.  I've made tons of paper on accident because I didn't have the 
> > right topology.  :-P
> >
> > Hope it helps,
> >
> > Lu
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Noodles
> >   To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> >   Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 6:31 PM
> >   Subject: Re: falling/fluttery paper
> >
> >
> >   I don't have any experience with this sort of thing, but might you try 
> > cloth?  I think it may be a bit tough to get that kind of subtle motion 
> > with soft/rigid bodies...
> >
> >   -Noodles
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     From: Duncan Burch
> >     To: XSI(at)Softimage.com
> >     Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 5:05 PM
> >     Subject: falling/fluttery paper
> >
> >
> >     Hi all
> >     Ive got to do 5-10 sheets of paper quickly flying out of a cabinet 
> > drawer.
> >     They then slow down and fall/flutter down to the ground.(like paper)
> >
> >     Now I suck at animating these by hand, so I thought maybe path 
> > constraints, with timed movements along the curve.  However didn't turn 
> > out amazing.
> >
> >     Can XSI rigid/soft bodies do this at all?
> >     Anyone got any tips?
> >
> >     ta
> >
> >     Dunk
>
>
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