PDA

View Full Version : So smooth!

JBruckner
11-11-2002, 06:23 AM
Hey hey!

Umm well I am working on something different again, this time its a dome, and I have run into a prob.
The top of this dome is a parachute over pvc pipe. The guy Im designing it for wants the parachute to drape down over the supports (pvc). So in other words, it needs to be soft fabric like. I have an example picture here that might be able to help you guys, but if you know of anything that might be able to do this in MAX please tell, I dont have any money to buy plugs. :) Thanks for the help, heres the pic. By the way, it doesnt have to be velvet it just needs to "drape"

http://splutterfish.com/sf/FeatureGalleries/velvet_cape.jpg;)
dew_back
11-11-2002, 06:54 AM
MaxPlugins (http://www.maxplugins.de)

Look here for simcloth, courtesy of Chaos.

dew_back
dew_back
11-11-2002, 06:56 AM
I've never tried it myself, but I've heard nothing but praise about it. Best of all, it's FREE!

dew_back
JBruckner
11-11-2002, 07:41 AM
LOL, thanks Ill try it, I am not trying to make cloth I am just trying to make a object I can trape over some poles like in my picture.
JBruckner
11-11-2002, 11:22 PM
Ive got SimCloth up and running. I have experimented with it quite a bit and I cant seem to get the effect that I want. I have an object with cylinders with bend mods on them bending into the midlle to creat a roof. I want the SimCloth to make it so when I make it "drape" the cloth hangs inbetween the pipes. I can put the scene up here if someone wants to see it, just ask.
JBruckner
11-12-2002, 02:36 AM
Nothing? No ones got anyideas. Hrm, does anyone know of any other forums that I might be able to get some help at?
Stroker
11-12-2002, 02:58 AM
Three hours ain't enough for you?
Hell, I could have modeled it with NURBS in half that time. Maybe less if I cared to use NURBS more often. Then again, I would prolly have given up on NURBS and used Splines/Surface instead.
JBruckner
11-12-2002, 04:22 AM
Wait, what are you talking about stroker? Three hours? And I dont really have a clue of as to how to us nurbs to model it. You seem to be everywhere I am. Thanks for the help if it was help
<------Confused
madhatfx
11-12-2002, 09:00 AM
send me ur scene, if u want to try it, u will have to build a plane object and by extruding its edges u will be able to drape it over ur pipes or u can use nurbs to do it 2.

u can mail me at madhatfx@hotmail.com
Stroker
11-12-2002, 04:44 PM
3 hours was a reference to this:
11-12-2002 12:22 AM
11-12-2002 03:36 AM
JBruckner
11-12-2002, 10:51 PM
K, wow thanks for the help Mad, Ill send it over in a sec. I just need to type this. And Stroker, you dont have to be so mean, I needed this done fast, I was just asking for some help, come on. Your normaly nice. :)
JBruckner
11-15-2002, 03:12 PM
Umm, I am jsut wondering you are still helping me. Its been 2 days since you have responded soooo. Oh well Ican wait, I wish someone else had some ideas.
DimitrisLiatsos
11-15-2002, 03:42 PM
:bounce: If u look at 3DSMAx 's installed examples , it explains how u can make a soft body with it's internal tools and i must say (although i use Maya now...) that it works just VERY..VERY Nice for what u want to do...

hope i helped.
CGTalk Moderation
01-13-2006, 10:00 PM
This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.