halifax
09-21-2002, 04:22 PM
OK... I'm having real trouble with this for some reason. What I am trying to do is create soft body influence objects attached with springs to simulate muscle and jiggle. I realize there is a maya Jiggle Tool, but this does not give me the affect that I want. My problem, as seen in the frames below, is that my influence object does not end up controling the geometry. Really quick, I'll go through my process to create these influences, and maybe someone can pick up on where I'm going wrong... Here goes....
1. Select Geometry and object I want to influence..ADD influence
2. Select new influence object, and convert to softbody (make original soft)
3. Use this new soft body, and convert to spring (wireframe)Name this Spring_Influence
4. Select particle points and then select verts I want spring to connect to, then select Spring_Influence... Create spring(min/max) and ADD to existing spring
5. Adjust parameters so the influence moves convincingly
6. Select main geometry being influenced, and paint weights accordingly for new influence
7. Playblast.
This is where everything goes to hell... The problem I'm getting is that the points I've painted to be influenced by the object end up not moving at all and I don't know why. What am I doing wrong??? Please help, because I've spent way too much time on this already.. Thanks in advance.
http://creativity.bgsu.edu/courses/artc331/F01/students/portfolios/halifax/influence.jpg
1. Select Geometry and object I want to influence..ADD influence
2. Select new influence object, and convert to softbody (make original soft)
3. Use this new soft body, and convert to spring (wireframe)Name this Spring_Influence
4. Select particle points and then select verts I want spring to connect to, then select Spring_Influence... Create spring(min/max) and ADD to existing spring
5. Adjust parameters so the influence moves convincingly
6. Select main geometry being influenced, and paint weights accordingly for new influence
7. Playblast.
This is where everything goes to hell... The problem I'm getting is that the points I've painted to be influenced by the object end up not moving at all and I don't know why. What am I doing wrong??? Please help, because I've spent way too much time on this already.. Thanks in advance.
http://creativity.bgsu.edu/courses/artc331/F01/students/portfolios/halifax/influence.jpg