dropping 10 ton weight onto concrete

[Insider]

Hello -

I'd imagine a 10 ton weight wouldn't bounce too much :) It would come down fast and hard, with perhaps a slight little hiccup after it lands.
Without reference, I'd think that the concrete would crack and buckle upward where the weight fell. You can do this with morphs, but also a bit of particle animation for the dust, debri, etc. I've got a few free morph videos that can help you get started - just go to the download page at www.3dgarage.com.

Curious to see how it turns out. Good luck!

[erikals]

don't forget camera shake.

[jeremyhardin]

for what it's worth, i think they dropped an actual ton-heavy concrete block in the behind the scenes of Return of the King Extended DVD. there's some reference for ya if ya want.

[pelos]

you got the right guy!
i have done an exelent tutorial showing all that stuff that you need,
just send me a email, that i can send them to you.
(are like 5 mg total, on htlm format, ) i am sure you will like them couse their very easy to do and follow =)

[Eclyps19]

Awe come on find a server and post so we can all see! =)

[assistant pimp]

Pelos

Email sent....thanks guys.

Insider

I will definately post for critiques when it is complete.

[pelos]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I2YHSYD7

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=98L8M8OG

sorry i couldnt send it by mail, i dont know why i got delivery mail error. so i uploaded on megaupload.com

i hope it works for you

[assistant pimp]

Cool! Thanks man! Downloading now!

[Dennik]

Watch the first scene of Matrix I again. :)

[pelos]

let me know if the tutorial help you.
some thing can be done with new dynamics no lw, but i like those pluggins =)

[assistant pimp]

It actually helped me with a few aspects, with animation and actually helped me understand something I had not understood before. But as for cratering and cracking the ground I am still a little lost. But I will keep at it.

[pelos]

what is exactly what are you lost on the cracking?

[assistant pimp]

not so much the modelling I am stuck on, but its the cracking and sinking in. I would imagine that the weight would cause a crater that is not exactly shaped like the weight but similar in shape. Also it would cause the ground to buckle up, plus have the little spider cracks that will imminate from the impact/crater. Those are the parts I am stuck on. I am not going for ultra realistic as the ground will only be a white plane. But I want it to look pretty cool.

[pelos]

for the floor crackin you might whant to have diferent floors,
one that is ok
an
1 with one crack,
2 with the first and second crack

and animate the disolve envelop on each so you cn achive the effect

[assistant pimp]

Someone pm'd me this link http://polas.net/smorph/index.php . ANd this looks interesting. I'll see if there is a demo of this plugin. I am just totally not understanding the whole envelope and morph thing for some reason. I wish there was a training dvd especially for this...:)

Thanks for your help. And the tuts were a big help as well.

[HowardM]

You can do this using 8+ and HardFX with the Crackit Plugin.
Check out the Ice Test here - http://www.3dink.com/test.html , pretty simple test but gets the point across...

Using Events, you can easily control the cracking....

Cheers! :D

[assistant pimp]

Nice samples Howard, I was wondering is the plugin you were talking about? http://www.flay.com/GetDetail.cfm?ID=1622 <--Crackit??It says it works up to 7.5. I am currently using 8.3 (scared to use 8.5 for fear some plugins wont work).

[enochian]

Crackit should work for you I have been working with it in 8.5

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